Detection of explosives in a dynamic marine environment using a moored TNT immunosensor

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4074-4085

  Charles, Paul T ^a   Adams, André A ^a   Deschamps, Jeffrey R ^a   Veitch, Scott ^b   Hanson, Al ^c   Kusterbeck, Anne W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c SubChem Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,6 trinitrotoluene (TNT); Explosives; Fluorescence; Immunosensor; Remote; Seawater

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSENSORS; SEAWATER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES; DISPLACEMENT-BASED; LONG TERM MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; REMOTE;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84896878738     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140304074     Document Type: Article

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