title: Microchip flow-injection analysis of trace 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) using mercury-amalgam electrochemical detector.
abstract: This paper reports on a microfluidic device for the flow-injection/electrochemistry analysis of nitroaromatic explosive. The response is very fast (150assays/h), highly sensitive (detection limit 7.0mugL(-1)), reproducible and stable (R.S.D.=2.0%; n=30) and linear (over 20-100mugL(-1) range). Relevant experimental parameters have been optimized. The new microsystem offers great promise for on-site monitoring of TNT, with significant advantages of speed/warning, sample size, efficiency and cost. Most favorable S/N characteristics were obtained at the Hg/Au-amalgam end-channel detector.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pumera