2010/10/12 by Min‐Chieh Chuang, Joshua Ray Windmiller, P. Santhosh +4 · 3 citations
Engineering · Chemical Engineering · Chemistry · #Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials #Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies #Analytical Chemistry and Sensors #Explosive material #Materials science #Electrode #Trinitrotoluene #Polyester #Textile #Substrate (aquarium) #Wetting #Electrochemistry #Explosive detection #Nanotechnology #Composite material #Chemical engineering #Chemistry #Organic chemistry
paper · doi:10.1002/elan.201000434
openalex publication_date 2010/10/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Abstract This study examines the influence of textile substrates upon the behavior of wearable screen‐printed electrodes and demonstrates the attractive sensing properties of these sensors towards the detection of nitroaromatic explosives. Compared to electrodes printed on common cotton or polyester substrates, GORE‐TEX‐based electrochemical sensors display reproducible background cyclic voltammograms, reflecting the excellent water‐repellant properties of the GORE‐TEX fabric. The wetting properties of different printed textile electrodes are elucidated using contact angle measurements. The influence of laundry washing and mechanical stress is explored. The GORE‐TEX‐based printed electrodes exhibit favorable detection of 2,4‐dinitrotoluene (DNT) and 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosives, including rapid detection of DNT vapor.