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Quantitative Detection of Trace Explosive Vapors by Programmed Temperature Desorption Gas Chromatography-Electron Capture Detector
Published on: July 25, 2014
Detection of explosive vapors with a charge transfer molecule: self-assembly assisted morphology tuning and
Chakkooth Vijayakumar1, Gerard Tobin, Wolfgang Schmitt
1Macromolecules Group, Organic Nanomaterials Centre (ONC), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan.
Abstract:
Use of a fluorescent organic molecule consisting of binaphthyl functionalized with donor-acceptor substituted stilbenes for the detection of dinitrotoluene (DNT) and trinitrotoluene (TNT) vapors and enhancement in its sensing efficiency via self-assembly assisted morphology tuning are described.
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