Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2017, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 1-24.DOI: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2017.01.160131

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Advances on Fluorescent Sensors for Detection of Explosives

LIU Lipingab,YE Shanghuia*(),HUANG Weia*()   

  1. aKey Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials(IAM),Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials,Department of Materials Science and Engineering;
    bDepartment of Optoelectronic Engineering,Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications,Nanjing 210023,China
  • Received:2016-03-30 Accepted:2016-08-08 Published:2017-01-03 Online:2017-01-03
  • Contact: YE Shanghui,HUANG Wei
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61106017), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20131375), Natural Science Foundation of Education Department of Jiangsu Province(No.11KJB430010)

Abstract:

The detection of explosives is one of the urgent problems of the current international security concerns. In the past few decades, a large number of fluorescent sensing materials were developed for the detection of explosives in the gaseous state, liquid state or solid state through the fluorescence sensing method. In recent years, researchers have vigorously developed a variety of novel fluorescent materials to achieve fast, ultra-sensitive and ultra-selective detection of explosives. This review systematically summarizes recent advances in advanced fluorescent materials for the detection of explosives. Particalarly, conjugated polymers, small fluorophores, supramolecular systems, aggregation-induced emissive materials, and electrospun nanofibers from fluorescent nano-materials, are discussed. Fluorescence sensing methods are proved to be very promising in the field of explosive detection.

Key words: explosives, detection, fluorescence, sensing materials