Without doubt there is an urgent need for the development of sensors for the detection of peroxide based explosives and the improvement of existing technologies for identification of terrorist threats to both civilians and military personnel. Previously, molybdenum bronze reagents were proven to be one of the best solutions to successfully neutralize and detect explosive compounds in a rapid and safe one step onsite method under ambient conditions. Vanadium bronzes are more electrochemically-stable analogs of the molybdenum bronzes that can be used to prepare sensors with enhanced selectivity and air stability. Herein, vanadium reagent preparation and characterization will be reported. Developing and optimizing the sensitivity of vanadium based sensors for a variety of peroxide based explosives will be addressed.

Investigation of vanadium-based bronze materials for the detection of peroxide based explosives

251st National Meeting (2016)

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