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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

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A Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) is generally described as a plastic cast or mold of a molecule of interest, wherein detection is based on shape, and the electrochemical bond between the molecule and the MIP much like a lock and key. " The lock and key attributes allow MIPs to be highly selective—they do not false alarm.
Because of their highly cross-linked nature, MIPs are intrinsically stable and robust, facilitating their application in extreme environments, such as in the presence of acids, bases, or metal ions, in organic solvents, or at high temperatures and pressures.
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Potential Target Molecules
Explosives: Gunpowder, Mercury Fulminate, Lead Azide, Lead Styphnate, Silver Azide, Tetrazene, Nitroglycerine, Nitrocellulose, Nitroguanidine, Ballistite, Cordite, PETN, RDX, HMX, TATB, HNS, Dynamite and other Ammonium nitrates and Slurry Explosive, Components used in manufacturing of explosives (C-nitration, O-nitration, Nnitration processes and others)
Chemical Agents: Sarin, Chlorine, Cyanogen Chloride, NH-1, NH-2, NH-3, Hydrogen Cyanide, Phosgene, D i p h o s g e n e , T r i p h o s g e n e , P h o s g e n e Oxime,Perfluoroisobutylene, Mixtures, PD, PG, CNStear, NC, Tin Tetrachloride, Nitrogen, Mustard, Lewisite, Tabun, VX, Ricin, RCA
Biological Toxins: Anthrax, Arenaviruses, Botulism, Brucellosis, Cholera, Coxiella burnetii, Ebola virus, Escherichia coli, Glanders, Lassa fever, Marburg virus, Melioidosis, Plague, Salmonella, Shigella, Tularemia, Typhus fever.
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