Issue 58, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Detecting a peroxide-based explosivevia molecular gelation†

Jing Chen,a   Weiwei Wua  and  Anne J. McNeil*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA
E-mail: ajmcneil@umich.edu

Abstract

A convenient and portable triacetone triperoxide (TATP) sensor was developed utilizing a thiol-to-disulfide oxidation to trigger a solution-to-gel phase transition. Using this method, TATP can be detected visually without any instrumentation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC33486K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 May 2012
Accepted
26 May 2012
First published
18 Jun 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 7310-7312

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Detecting a peroxide-based explosive via molecular gelation

J. Chen, W. Wu and A. J. McNeil, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 7310 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC33486K

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