Electrochemical sensing of explosives

J Wang - Electroanalysis: An International Journal Devoted to …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews recent advances in electrochemical sensing and detection of explosive
substances. Escalating threats of terrorist activities and growing environmental concerns …

Porphyrin-doped mesoporous silica films for rapid TNT detection

S Tao, G Li - Colloid and Polymer Science, 2007 - Springer
Two kinds of porphyrin-doped silica films with mesoporous structures were fabricated using
evaporation-introduced self-assembly approach and examined for chemosensor …

3D-printing pen versus desktop 3D-printers: Fabrication of carbon black/polylactic acid electrodes for single-drop detection of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene

RM Cardoso, DP Rocha, RG Rocha, JS Stefano… - Analytica Chimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
The fabrication of carbon black/polylactic acid (PLA) electrodes using a 3D printing pen is
presented and compared with electrodes obtained by a desktop fused deposition modelling …

Porphyrin functionalized graphene for sensitive electrochemical detection of ultratrace explosives

CX Guo, Y Lei, CM Li - Electroanalysis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Porphyrin functionalized graphene is used to electrochemically detect nitroaromatic
explosives. It is found that synergistic effects from the specific good adsorptive properties of …

Metalloporphyrins as sensing elements for the rapid detection of trace TNT vapor

S Tao, G Li, H Zhu - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of porphyrin or metalloporphyrin-doped mesostructured silica films were
successfully fabricated using small molecular (CTAB) or macromolecular (F127, P123) …

Fluorescent nanofibrous membranes for trace detection of TNT vapor

S Tao, G Li, J Yin - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrospinning is a simple and cost-effective approach for the production of nanofibers and
assemblies with controllable structures. In this work, based on sol–gel chemistry and the …

High-performance TNT chemosensory materials based on nanocomposites with bimodal porous structures

S Tao, J Yin, G Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of porphyrin or metalloporphyrin-doped silica films with bimodal porous structures
were successfully fabricated using polystyrene spheres and a surfactant (CTAB) as structure …

Determination of nitroaromatic and nitramine type energetic materials in synthetic and real mixtures by cyclic voltammetry

A Üzer, Ş Sağlam, Y Tekdemir, B Ustamehmetoğlu… - Talanta, 2013 - Elsevier
Nitro-explosives contain reducible aromatic–NO 2 groups or cyclic> N–NO 2 bonds that may
undergo reductive cleavage. This work reports the development of a cyclic voltammetric …

Hierarchically structured nanocomposite films as highly sensitive chemosensory materials for TNT detection

S Tao, Z Shi, G Li, P Li - ChemPhysChem, 2006 - hero.epa.gov
Sensitive to TNT vapor: Porphyrin-doped silica films with bimodal porous structures,
fabricated using a dual template approach, exhibit remarkable sensitivity towards traces of …

Molecular-based selection of porphyrins towards the sensing of explosives in the gas phase

MG Guillen, F Gamez, J Roales, T Lopes-Costa… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we have used thin films of the multiporphyrin, 1, 3-di [5-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-10,
15, 20-(triphenyl) porphyrin]-2-(5-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)-10, 15, 20-(triphenyl) porphyrin)-2 …