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Luminescent oligo(tetraphenyl)silole nanoparticles as chemical sensors for aqueous TNT
Sarah J Toal1, Douglas Magde, William C Trogler
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Abstract:
Colloidal oligo(tetraphenyl)silole nanoparticles in THF/H2O suspensions show increased luminescence and offer a method to detect TNT in an aqueous environment.

