Substituted p-phenylene ethynylene trimers as fluorescent sensors for nitroaromatic explosives

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-260

  Costa, Alexandra I ^a   Prata, José V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calixarenes; Explosives; Fluorescence; p Phenylene ethynylene trimer; Sensors

Indexed keywords

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; 2 ,4-DICHLOROPHENOL; 2 ,4-DINITROTOLUENE; 2 ,4-DNT; BENZOIC ACID; BENZOQUINONES; CALIX[4]ARENES; CALIXARENES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; FLUID-PHASE; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; FLUORESCENT SENSORS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INNER FILTER EFFECTS; INTERFERENTS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NITRO-AROMATICS; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUND; NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES; P-PHENYLENE; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PICRIC ACID; POLYMERIC MATRICES; QUENCHER CONCENTRATION; QUENCHING EFFICIENCY; SENSORY MATERIALS; STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; STERN-VOLMER; TNT VAPORS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; FILMS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OLIGOMERS; PHENOLS; POLYMERIC FILMS; RATING; SENSORS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

QUENCHING;

EID: 84856153537     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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