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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Vertreten Durch Den Bundesrepublik Für Wirtschaft Und Energie, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Knut Rurack, Berlin, DE;
Mustafa Biyikal, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 31/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 21/77 (2013.01); G01N 31/22 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6439 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7756 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7759 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7786 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting an analyte comprising 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in a sample comprising: providing an indicator solution, comprising a cation and an anion; bringing in contact and/or interacting the indicator solution and the sample comprising the analyte; photocatalytically induced forming of an anionic TNT sigma complex, comprising the analyte and the anion, by means of exposure of the indicator solution and the sample brought in contact with one another; fluorescence optically detecting the formed anionic TNT sigma complex.