Selective detection of trace nitroaromatic, nitramine, and nitrate ester explosive residues using a three-step fluorimetric sensing process: A tandem turn-off, turn-on sensor

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1308-1313

  Sanchez, Jason C ^a   Toal, Sarah J ^b   Wang, Zheng ^a   Dugan, Regina E ^b   Trogler, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RedXDefense   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; Explosives detection; Explosives residue; Fluorescence; Forensic science; HMX; Luminescence; Metallole polymers; PETN; RDX; Tetryl; TNG; TNT; Trace explosives; Turn on fluorescence sensors

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENTAERYTHRITOL; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARMY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUOROMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TERRORISM;

EID: 36949001338     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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