To date the best detection method for explosives are dogs! So I would like my fluorescent compounds to be as sensitive and selective as dogs. I use changes in the absorption and emission properties of organic compounds when interacting with explosives to detect them. I would like to eventually design a traffic light type of detector by using compounds that give away light of different colours. If no explosive is present the red colour is off and green light is seen. Instead, in the presence of an explosive, the green is off and red is seen!
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