CH3-π interaction of explosives with cavity of a TPE macrocycle: The key cause for highly selective detection of TNT

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20067-20074

  Feng, Hai Tao ^a   Wang, Jin Hua ^a   Zheng, Yan Song ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregation induced emission; CH3 interaction; Explosive sensor; Selective probe for TNT; Tetraphenylethylene macrocycles

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; QUENCHING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

AGGREGATION-INDUCED EMISSIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MACROCYCLES; NITRO AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; NITRO-AROMATICS; PPB LEVEL DETECTION; SELECTIVE DETECTION; SELECTIVE PROBE FOR TNT;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84914680328     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am505636f     Document Type: Article

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