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Analysis of explosives via microchip electrophoresis and conventional capillary electrophoresis: A review
Author(s) -
Pumera Martin
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.200500609
Subject(s) - explosive material , capillary electrophoresis , computer science , nanotechnology , field (mathematics) , process engineering , materials science , chromatography , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , mathematics , pure mathematics
The upsurge in terrorist activity has generated tremendous demand for innovative tools capable of detecting major industrial, military, and home‐made (improvised) explosives. Fast, sensitive, and reliable detection of explosives in the field is a very important issue in nowadays. CE, especially in its miniaturized format (lab‐on‐a‐chip), offers great possibilities to create portable, field deployable, rapidly responding, and potentially disposable devices, allowing security forces to make the important decisions regarding the safety of civilians. This article overviews the microchip and conventional capillary electrophoretic techniques for analysis of a wide variety of explosive compounds and mixtures.