Optical chemosensors and reagents to detect explosives - Chemical Society Reviews (RSC
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The detection of explosives and explosive related illicit materials is an important area for
preventing terrorist activities and for putting a check on their deleterious effects on health. A …

Several polymers have been used to detect nitroaromatic explosives by a variety of
transduction schemes. Detection relies on both electronic and structural interactions …

The synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and fluorescence quenching efficiency of
polymers and copolymers containing tetraphenylsilole or tetraphenylgermole with Si− Si …

Biosensor research is a rapidly expanding field with an immense market potential spanning
a broad spectrum of applications including biomedical diagnostics, environmental …

A variety of silicon-based nanostructures with dimensions in the 1–5 nm range now emit
tunable photoluminescence (PL) spanning the visible range. Achievement of high …

Mn2+-doped ZnS nanocrystals with an amine-capping layer have been synthesized and
used for the fluorescence detection of ultratrace 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) by quenching …

An overview of the synthesis and properties of linear organic π-conjugated systems
featuring Group 14 and 15 moieties is presented and comparisons made with their better …

A new type of fluorescence sensory material has been developed from an alkoxycarbonyl-
substituted carbazole-cornered tetracycle. Films fabricated from such materials are shown to …

Polysilanes exhibit high hole mobility and high nonlinear optical susceptibility in the UV
region which makes them efficient photoemission candidates for a variety of optoelectronics …