Quantum dots for detection of trace amount of non-volatile explosives: The effect of TNT in the fluorescence of CdSe quantum dots

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5403, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 256-260

  Nieto, Sorelis ^a   Santana, Alberto ^a   Hernández, Samuel P ^a   Lareau, Richard ^b   Chamberlain, R Thomas ^b   Castro, Miguel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Femtosecond excitation; Nanoscaled sensors; Quantum dots; TNT sensing

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; NANOSCALED SENSORS; TNT SENSING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SENSORS; SOLUTIONS; TOLUENE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 10044274359     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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