On-site rapid detection of trace non-volatile inorganic explosives by stand-alone ion mobility spectrometry via acid-enhanced evaporization

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Peng, Liying ^a,b   Hua, Lei ^a   Wang, Weiguo ^a   Zhou, Qinghua ^a,b   Li, Haiyang ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84930673694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06631     Document Type: Article

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