Title:Detection of Explosive Residues using Nanomaterial-based Sensors: A Review
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
Author(s): Vilas A. Chavan, Devidas S. Bhagat*, Ajit K. Gangawane, K. Vijaya Babu, Dattatraya Pansare, Bapu R. Thorat, Ravikumar M. Borade, Viney Chawla and Pooja A. Chawla*
Affiliation:
- Department
of Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology, Government Institute of Forensic Science, Aurangabad - 431 004, MS, India
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ISF College of Pharmacy, Ghal Kalan, G.T Road, Moga, Punjab,
142001, India
Keywords:
Explosives, nano-material, naano-sensor, quantum dots, bimetallic, explosive detection, forensic application.
Abstract: Due to the recent rise in explosive-based terrorism and ecological issues, the invention
of good capacity detectors for the identification of explosives has emerged as one of the
major thirsts in the scientific community. Due to their unique optical and electrical properties,
nanocomposites can meet all of the prerequisites for developing preferential, responsive, easy,
and cost-effective sensor nodes for the sensing of various explosives. This study primarily
throws light on current developments in explosives detection using nanomaterial-based sensors.
In particular, it describes how quantum dots, carbon nanomaterials, monometallic nanomaterials,
and bimetallic nanomaterials have been used to detect explosives optically and electrochemically.
The accurate and consistent features of the nanomaterials, including their synthesis, the explosive
detection technique, and the analytical facets, are all thoroughly examined.
