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Development of Presumptive and Confirmatory Analytical Methods for the Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Improvised Explosives

Date Published

November 2014

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Assessing automated image analysis and compound-specific stable isotope signatures for small arms propellant differentiation and potential brand identification

Date Published

September 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Spectroscopic and thermal analysis of explosive and related compounds via gas Chromatography/Vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC/VUV)

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Detection of Odor Signatures of Smokeless Powders Using Solid Phase Microextraction Coupled to an Ion Mobility Spectrometer

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Bomb Squads: Local Preparedness for Global Problems

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

August 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Smokeless Powder Residue Analysis by Capillary Electrophoresis

Date Published

1997

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Anisotropically Shaped Plasmonic WO3-x Nanostructure-Driven Ultrasensitive SERS Detection and Machine Learning-Based Differentiation of Nitro-Explosives

Journal

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Date Published

February 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Linking Ammonium Nitrate-Aluminum (AN-AL) Post-Blast Residues to PreBlast Explosive Materials Using Isotope Ratio and Trace Elemental Analysis for Source Attribution, Technical Summary

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Electroanalytical Paper-based Sensors for Infield Detection of Chlorate-based Explosives and Quantification of Oxyanions

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored), Thesis/Dissertation

Advances in Detecting and Identifying Explosives After an Attack

Date Published

February 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Advances in Detecting and Identifying Explosives After an Attack

Generating Highly Specific Spectra and Identifying Thermal Decomposition Products via Gas Chromatography / Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectroscopy (GC/VUV): Application to Nitrate Ester Explosives

Journal

Talanta

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Development and Evaluation of a Contrastive Learning Framework with Applications to Micromorphometry of Aluminum Powder used in Explosives

Date Published

June 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Continuous vapor sampling of volatile organic compounds associated with explosives using capillary microextraction of volatiles (CMV) coupled to a portable GC-MS

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Double-Blind Field Evaluation of the MOLE Programmable Detection System

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Linking ammonium nitrate-aluminum (AN-AL) post-blast residues to pre-blast explosive materials using isotope ratio and trace elemental analysis for source attribution

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

January 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

National Institute of Justice Final Report: Development of Nanothermite Projectile for Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) Neutralization

Date Published

September 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

NIJ Bomb Suit Standard

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Post-Blast Explosives Attribution

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Quantitative analysis of smokeless powder particles in post-blast debris via gas chromatography/vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC/VUV)

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Simultaneous colorimetric detection of metallic salts contained in low explosives residue using a microfluidic paper-based analytical device (µPAD)

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

June 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Extraction and detection of the volatile chemical markers of explosives with a novel planar geometry solid phase microextraction device coupled to ion mobility spectrometry

Journal

Journal of Separation Sciences

Date Published

2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Simultaneous colorimetric detection of improvised explosive compounds using microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs)

Journal

Analytical Methods

Date Published

2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Coupling Paper-Based Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip Technologies for Confirmatory Analysis of Trinitro Aromatic Explosives

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Identification of Volatile Chemical Signatures From Plastic Explosives by SPME-GC/MS and Detection by Ion Mobility Spectrometry

Journal

Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)