Chemosensors for detection of nitroaromatic compounds (explosives)

GV Zyryanov, DS Kopchuk, IS Kovalev… - Russian Chemical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The key types of low-molecular-mass chemosensors for the detection of nitroaromatic
compounds representing energetic substances (explosives) are analyzed. The coordination …

Three-dimensional SERS hot spots for chemical sensing: Towards developing a practical analyzer

H Liu, L Yang, J Liu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Robust surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection of chemicals in real
environmental samples remains a huge challenge because of the use of a complex …

Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) studies of gold and silver nanoparticles prepared by laser ablation

GM Herrera, AC Padilla, SP Hernandez-Rivera - Nanomaterials, 2013 - mdpi.com
Gold and silver nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared in water, acetonitrile and isopropanol by
laser ablation methodologies. The average characteristic (longer) size of the NPs obtained …

Highly sensitive and selective detection of trinitrotoluene using cysteine-capped gold nanoparticles

S Devi, B Singh, AK Paul, S Tyagi - Analytical Methods, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Trinitrotoluene (TNT), being an electron deficient species, can easily bind with electron rich
amine groups and form a specific charge transfer Jackson–Meisenheimer (JM) complex. In …

Fluorescent detection of TNT and 4-nitrophenol by BSA Au nanoclusters

X Yang, J Wang, D Su, Q Xia, F Chai, C Wang… - Dalton transactions, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Rapid and sensitive detection of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) has
attracted considerable attention due to their wide applications as nitroaromatic explosive …

Nitrogen-Doped Ti2C MXene Quantum Dots as Antioxidants

J Gou, L Zhao, Y Li, J Zhang - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
MXenes, transition metal carbides, and nitrides or carbonitrides can be synthesized as zero-
dimensional quantum dots (MQDs), which have great potential for antioxidizing applications …

Sea-urchin-like Fe 3 O 4@ C@ Ag particles: An efficient SERS substrate for detection of organic pollutants

Y Ye, J Chen, Q Ding, D Lin, R Dong, L Yang, J Liu - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Ag-coated sea-urchin-like Fe3O4@ C core–shell particles can be synthesized by a facile
one-step solvothermal method, followed by deposition of high-density Ag nanoparticles onto …

Advances in explosives analysis—part I: animal, chemical, ion, and mechanical methods

KE Brown, MT Greenfield, SD McGrane… - Analytical and …, 2016 - Springer
The number and capability of explosives detection and analysis methods have increased
substantially since the publication of the Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry special …

Rapid detection of TNT in aqueous media by selective label free surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

AKM Jamil, EL Izake, A Sivanesan, PM Fredericks - Talanta, 2015 - Elsevier
We report rapid and ultra-sensitive detection system for 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) using
unmodified gold nanoparticles and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). First …

Optical reading of contaminants in aqueous media based on gold nanoparticles

J Du, B Zhu, X Peng, X Chen - Small, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
With increasing trends of global population growth, urbanization, pollution over‐exploitation,
and climate change, the safe water supply has become a global issue and is threatening our …