Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for explosive detection

Abstract

In this work, we research on explosive detection by using materials specific Molecularly Imprinting Polymer (MIP). Polyacrylamide was imprinted by 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as a cross-linker. The result showed that DNT and TNT MIPs can recognize the corresponding template on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) successfully.