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The Identification Of Volatile Organic Compounds From Synthetic Cathinone Derivatives For The Development Of Odor Mimic Training Aids, Vanquilla Shellman Francis
The Identification Of Volatile Organic Compounds From Synthetic Cathinone Derivatives For The Development Of Odor Mimic Training Aids, Vanquilla Shellman Francis
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Methylone, Ethylone, Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), and α-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP) collectively referred to as bath salts are a new trend of illicit substances known as synthetic cathinones. Designed by chemically modifying the core structure of the compound cathinone, synthetic cathinones became prevalent within the United States around the mid-2000s. As a cheap and less controlled alternative to methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy), it has become heavily abused, prompting emergency scheduling by federal regulators. Although regulations have been placed to halt incoming traffic of these drugs, lack of ground efforts still leave a large percentage of bath salts available.
This study is two-fold, as it seeks …
Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical And Colorimetric Sensors For On-Site Detection Of Small-Molecule Targets, Bhargav Guntupalli
Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical And Colorimetric Sensors For On-Site Detection Of Small-Molecule Targets, Bhargav Guntupalli
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
An ideal biosensor is a compact and in-expensive device that is able to readily and rapidly detects different types of analytes with high sensitivity and specificity. The affectability of a biosensing methodology is subject to the limit of nanomaterials to transduce the target binding process to an improved perceptible signal, while the selectivity is accomplished by considering the binding and specificity of certain moieties to their targets. Keeping these requirements in mind we have chosen nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) that has catalytic properties combined with their size, shape and configuration dependent chemical and physical …