[Research Highlights Vol.5] Detecting caesium with naked eyes

2022/12/19 by International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA)
#caesium cation recognition #caesium ion #charge transfer #optical probe #radiocaesium #supramolecular

paper · doi:10.48505/nims.3745

Abstract

Micrometre-level naked-eye detection' of caesium ions, a major source of contamination in the vicinity of radioactive leaks, is demonstrated in a material developed by researchers in Japan.

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