AIPE-active green phosphorescent iridium(III) complex impregnated test strips for the vapor-phase detection of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)

Bejoymohandas, KS and George, TM and Bhattacharya, S and Natarajan, S and Reddy, MLP (2014) AIPE-active green phosphorescent iridium(III) complex impregnated test strips for the vapor-phase detection of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT). In: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 2 (3). pp. 515-523.

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Abstract

Detection of explosives, especially trinitrotoluene (TNT), is of utmost importance due to its highly explosive nature and environmental hazard. Therefore, detection of TNT has been a matter of great concern to the scientific community worldwide. Herein, a new aggregation-induced phosphorescent emission (AIPE)-active iridium(III) bis(2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)pyridinato-NC2') (2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazolato-N,N') complex FIrPyBiz] has been developed and serves as a molecular probe for the detection of TNT in the vapor phase, solid phase, and aqueous media. In addition, phosphorescent test strips have been constructed by impregnating Whatman filter paper with aggregates of FIrPyBiz for trace detection of TNT in contact mode, with detection limits in nanograms, by taking advantage of the excited state interaction of AIPE-active phosphorescent iridium(III) complex with that of TNT and the associated photophysical properties.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
Publisher:	ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY,ENGLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2014 07:11
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2014 07:12
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/48255

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