Scientists equip chemical sensors with ‘traps’ to detect toxic substances

Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University and the University of Chemistry and Technology (Prague, Czech Republic) have created novel chemical sensors for Raman spectrometers, devices that measure the quantitative and qualitative composition of substances and their structures with high accuracy. They have equipped sensors with organic chemical compounds and for determining dyes prohibited in Europe and heavy metals in water at ultralow concentrations.