Organophosphorus (OP) compounds, such as sarin, are extremely neurotoxic compounds that have been used both in the battlefield and in terrorist attacks, including the Tokyo subway attack in 1995.
Current technologies for detecting OPs are not very practical, say Jean-Pierre Simonato (CEA Grenoble) and colleagues, so they’ve developed a new sensor based on carbon nanotube field-effect transistors.
Find out more in Simonato’s recently published ChemComm communication, free to download until 2nd June.
