Infrared and Raman spectroscopy techniques applied to identification of explosives

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-44

  López López, María ^a   García Ruiz, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental; Explosives; Forensic; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR); Raman spectroscopy; Security; Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS); Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); Time resolved Raman spectroscopy (TRRS); Trace detection

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL; FORENSIC; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SECURITY; SPATIALLY OFFSET RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TIME-RESOLVED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES; TRACE DETECTION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE; TRACE METAL;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84892630584     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2013.10.011     Document Type: Review

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