Smartphone-Assisted Sensing of Trinitrotoluene by Optical Array.

ABSTRACT: Here we report the design and fabrication of an array-based sensor, containing functionalized Carbon Dots, Bodipy's and Naphthalimide probes, that shows high fluorescence emissions and sensitivity in the presence of low amounts of TNT explosive. In particular, we have fabricated the first sensor device based on an optical array for the detection of TNT in real samples by using a smartphone as detector. The possibility to use a common smartphone as detector leads to a prototype that can be also used in a real-life field application. The key benefit lies in the possibility of even a nonspecialist operator in the field to simply collect and send data (photos) to the trained artificial intelligence server for rapid diagnosis but also directly to the bomb disposal unit for expert evaluation. Th

SUBMITTER: Santonocito R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9609071 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature