Scientists invent chemical sensor that can detect shoe bombs
Technology • October 2010 • Views: 713
[the beginning of the end for TSA Security Theater?]
Triacetone triperoxide (TATP) is an explosive that’s been used in past shoe-bombing attempts. TATP is a difficult chemical to detect, but researchers have developed a colorimetric sensor array that can expose minute amounts of TATP vapor in the air.