A portable explosive detector based on fluorescence quenching of pyrene deposited on coloured wax-printed μpADs

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 4164-4172

  Taudte, Regina Verena ^a   Beavis, Alison ^a   Wilson Wilde, Linzi ^b   Roux, Claude ^a   Doble, Philip ^a   Blanes, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZPAA National Institute of Forensic Science World Trade Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE; METHANOL; PYRENE; WATER; WAX;

ARTICLE; COLOR; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84885136028     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3lc50609f     Document Type: Article

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