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Nanoporous Silica-Dye Microspheres for Enhanced Colorimetric Detection of Cyclohexanone
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: Received: 18 July 2018 / Approved: 19 July 2018 / Online: 19 July 2018 (05:06:42 CEST)
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Li, Z. Nanoporous Silica-Dye Microspheres for Enhanced Colorimetric Detection of Cyclohexanone. Chemosensors 2018, 6, 34. Li, Z. Nanoporous Silica-Dye Microspheres for Enhanced Colorimetric Detection of Cyclohexanone. Chemosensors 2018, 6, 34.
Abstract
Forensic detection of non-volatile nitro explosives poses a tough analytical challenge. A colorimetric sensor comprising ultrasonically prepared silica-dye microspheres was developed for sensitive gas detection of cyclohexanone, a volatile marker of explosives 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX) and 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane (HMX). The silica-dye composites were synthesized from the hydrolysis of ultrasonically sprayed organosiloxanes under mildly heating conditions (150 oC), which yields microspherical, nanoporous structures with high surface area (~300 m2/g) for gas exposure. The sensor inks were deposited on cellulose paper and gave sensitive colorimetric responses to trace amount of cyclohexanone vapors even at sub-ppm levels, with the detection limit down to ~150 ppb. The sensor showed high chemical specificity towards cyclohexanone against humidity and other classes of common solvents, including ethanol, acetonitrile, ether, ethyl acetate, and ammonia. Paper-based colorimetric sensors with hierarchical nanostructures could represent an alternative sensing materials for practical applications in the detection of explosives.
Keywords
silica-dye microspheres; hierarchical nanostructure; colorimetric sensing; gaseous cyclohexanone; ppb detection; explosive screening
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Analytical Chemistry
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