Chromogenic and fluorogenic reagents for chemical warfare nerve agents' detection

The ease of production, the extreme toxicity of organophosphorus-containing nerve agents, and their facile use in terrorism attacks underscores the need to develop accurate systems to detect these chemicals. Among different technologies we review here recent advances in the design of chromo-fluoroge...

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Published in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) England), 2007-12 (46), p.4839
Main Authors: Royo, Santiago, Martínez-Máñez, Ramón, Sancenón, Félix, Costero, Ana M, Parra, Margarita, Gil, Salvador
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The ease of production, the extreme toxicity of organophosphorus-containing nerve agents, and their facile use in terrorism attacks underscores the need to develop accurate systems to detect these chemicals. Among different technologies we review here recent advances in the design of chromo-fluorogenic methods for the specific detection of nerve agents. Optical sensing (especially colorimetric detection) requires usually low-cost and widely used instrumentation and offers the possibility of so-called "naked eye detection". Recent reported examples suggest that the application of chromo-fluorogenic supramolecular concepts for the chromogenic or fluorogenic sensing of nerve agents might be an area of increasing interest that would allow developing systems able to overcome some of the limitations shown by classical analytical methods.
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/b707063b