Detection of vapor phase trinitrotoluene in the parts-per-trillion range using waveguide interferometry

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 574-582

  Edmiston, Paul L ^a   Campbell, Daniel P ^b   Gottfried, David S ^c   Baughman, Jessi ^a   Timmers, Margaret M ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives detection; Interferometry; Sensor; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

AMINE GROUPS; AROMATIC GROUP; BINDING POCKETS; COVALENTLY BOUND; DERIVED MATERIALS; EXPOSURE-TIME; FILM COMPOSITION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATRIX; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; PARTS-PER-TRILLION RANGE; PHASE ANGLES; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; RESPONSE MECHANISMS; SENSING FILMS; SENSITIVE FILMS; SILICON CENTERS; STRUCTURAL ANALOGUE; TRIETHOXYSILYL; VAPOR PHASE; WAVEGUIDE SENSING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; GELS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; SENSORS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TOLUENE; VAPORS; WAVEGUIDES;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 73149086610     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.09.059     Document Type: Article

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