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Amplifying fluorescent polymer sensors for the explosives taggant 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane (DMNB)
Samuel W Thomas1, John P Amara, Rebekah E Bjork
1Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Structural and electronic effects on the efficiency of DMNB detection with fluorescent conjugated polymers are described.
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