Ultra-portable explosives sensor based on a CMOS fluorescence lifetime analysis micro-system
Author(s) -
Yue Wang,
Bruce R. Rae,
Robert Henderson,
Zheng Gong,
Jonathan J. D. McKendry,
Erdan Gu,
Martin D. Dawson,
Graham A. Turnbull,
Ifor D. W. Samuel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.3624456
Subject(s) - explosive material , materials science , photon counting , photoluminescence , fluorescence , optoelectronics , explosive detection , cmos , analytical chemistry (journal) , photon , optics , chemistry , physics , chromatography , organic chemistry
This work explores the use of a green-light-emitting copolymer as a chemosensor to detect nitroaromatic-based explosive vapors by recording photoluminescence (PL) and time-resolved PL decay. We show successful detection of 10 ppb 1,4-dinitrobenzene (DNB) vapor. Both a conventional time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) device and CMOS time-resolved fluorescence lifetime micro-system are used in the DNB detection. An ultra-portable on-site explosive sensor based on the micro-system has also been demonstrated. This gives rise to the potential for real-time, reliable, inexpensive organic/inorganic hybrid explosives detection
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