Carbon dots as fluorescent sensor for detection of explosive nitrocompounds

Carbon

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 171-178

  Campos, Bruno B ^a   Contreras Cáceres, Rafael ^b   Bandosz, Teresa J ^c   Jiménez Jiménez, José ^b   Rodríguez Castellón, Enrique ^b   Esteves da Silva, Joaquim C G ^a   Algarra, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; EXPLOSIVES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM YIELD; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENT SENSORS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; LINEAR DETECTION RANGES; RATIOMETRIC FLUORESCENCE; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 85008315256     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2016.05.030     Document Type: Article

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