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Dependence of active mode remote Ft-Ir sensing on angle of incidence, substrate type and analyte surface concentration
(2013-12)
A standoff detection scheme for a highly energetic material (HEM) and other threat chemicals deposited on substrates as contamination residues using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is described. The HEM used ...
Standoff laser-Induced thermal emission of explosives
(2013)
A laser mediated methodology for remote thermal excitation of analytes followed by standoff infrared (IR) detection is proposed. The goal of this study was to determine the feasibility of using laser induced thermal emission ...
Experimental and theoretical study of solubility of 1, 3, 5-trinitrohexahydro-S-triazine (Rdx) In alcohols
(2010)
The solubility of 1,3,5-trinitrohexahydro-s-triazine (RDX) in different alcohols were measured by HPLC, DSC, GC/MS, and NMR. The conformation of RDX in acetone-D6 solution was verified by vibrational studies using Raman ...
Standoff raman spectroscopy system for detection of explosives, chemical warfare agents simulants and toxic industrial compounds
(2008)
In this work a remote Raman system has been designed, assembled and tested for detecting explosives, Toxic Industrial Compounds (TIC) and Chemical Warfare Agents Simulants (CWAS) at laboratory scale up to 7 m target-telescope ...
Enhanced Raman Scattering of TNT on nanoparticles substrates: Ag, Au and Au/Ag Bimetallic colloids prepared by reduction with sodium citrate and hydroxylamine hydrochloride
(2007)
Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) provides extremely high sensitivity, due to increase in the Raman cross-sections of intrinsically very weak scattering events making these events comparable or even better than ...
Preparation and study of thin RDX films standards on various substrates deposited by spin coating technology
(2017-05)
The highly energetic material (HEM) hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine, also known as RDX, has two stable conformational polymorphs at room temperature: α-RDX (molecular conformation of –NO2 groups: axial-axial-equatorial) ...
Cyclic organic peroxides identification and trace analysis by Raman microscopy and open-air chemical ionization mass spectrometry
(2009)
The persistent use of cyclic organic peroxides in explosive devices has increased the interest in study these compounds. Development of methodologies for the detection of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and hexamethylene ...
Open path FTIR standoff detection of high explosives on aluminum substrates
(2010)
An Open-Path Standoff Detection System was designed using a telescope coupled to a EM27 Fourier Transform infrared spectrometer equipped with a mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) cryocooled detector. Samples of highly energetic ...
Observation of enhanced Raman scattering as a result of coupling between localized plasmons and surface polariton waves associated with metal-semiconductor nanocomposites
(2011-05)
We report the observation of enhanced Raman scattering as a result of the coupling between the localized surface plasmon (LSP) of metal nanoparticles (NP) and the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) associated with a thin metal ...
Modeling of TNT transport from landmines
(2008)
The transport of Explosive Related Compounds (ERCs) has been studied as part of a research program aiming to the development of chemical sensors for detecting landmines. TNT and its degradation products typically make up ...