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Yellow light warns of nerve-gas peril

A prototype sensor based on a luminescent polymer detects nerve gases such as sarin with high sensitivity and unprecedented selectivity.

References:

Jenkins, A.L., O.M. Uy, and G.M. Murray. 1999. Polymer-based lanthanide luminescent sensor for detection of the hydrolysis product of the nerve agent soman in water. Analytical Chemistry 71(Jan. 15):373.

Sources:

George M. Murray
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, MD 20723

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 7, February 13, 1999, p. 110. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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