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Sensing and Discrimination of Explosives at Variable Concentrations with a Large-Pore MOF as Part of a Luminescent Array

Jurcic, M; Peveler, WJ; Savory, CN; Bučar, D-K; Kenyon, AJ; Scanlon, DO; Parkin, IP; (2019) Sensing and Discrimination of Explosives at Variable Concentrations with a Large-Pore MOF as Part of a Luminescent Array. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 11 (12) pp. 11618-11626. 10.1021/acsami.8b22385. Green open access

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Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great promise for sensing of dangerous chemicals, including environmental toxins, nerve agents, and explosives. However, challenges remain, such as the sensing of larger analytes and the discrimination between similar analytes at different concentrations. Herein, we present the synthesis and development of a new, large-pore MOF for explosives sensing and demonstrate its excellent sensitivity against a range of relevant explosive compounds including trinitrotoluene and pentaerythritol tetranitrate. We have developed an improved, thorough methodology to eliminate common sources of error in our sensing protocol. We then combine this new MOF with two others as part of a three-MOF array for luminescent sensing and discrimination of five explosives. This sensor works at part-per-million concentrations and, importantly, can discriminate explosives with high accuracy without reference to their concentration.

Type: Article
Title: Sensing and Discrimination of Explosives at Variable Concentrations with a Large-Pore MOF as Part of a Luminescent Array
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b22385
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b22385
Language: English
Additional information: his version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: PETN, array, discriminant analysis, explosive, luminescence, metal−organic framework
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070978
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