Construction and Evaluation of a Fluorescent Sensor for the Detection of High Explosives

Analytical Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 266-274

  von Wandruszka, Ray ^a   Pollard, Matthew ^a   Spinner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive detection; Fluorescence quenching; Quartz fiber; Silane tether

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871886417     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.718832     Document Type: Article

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