Dendrimers capable of detecting TNT have been developed by scientists in Australia.
The performance of three generations of fluorescent carbazole dendrimers in solution and in thin films were tested to identify differences in the binding to explosives. This technology could help create portable sensors for detecting nitroaromatic explosives.
Read the full article for free (free registration required): Guoqiang Tang, Simon S. Y. Chen, Paul E. Shaw, Katalin Hegedus, Xin Wang, Paul L. Burn and Paul Meredith, Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2360-2368
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