Traces Of Explosives Revealed By Glowing Films Developed By UC San Diego Chemists
Jun 1st 2008Drug InformationBio-terrorism
New spray-on films developed by UC San Diego chemists will be the basis of portable devices that can quickly reveal trace amounts of nitrogen-based explosives.Contaminated fingerprints leave dark shadows on the films, which glow blue under ultraviolet light. One of the films can distinguish between different classes of explosive chemicals, a property that could provide evidence to help solve a crime, or prevent one.
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