Portable hydrogel-based tri-channel fluorescence sensor array for visual detection of multiple explosives

The identification and detection of various types of explosives are essential for human health and environmental monitoring. Array-based sensing approach offers significant advantages in detecting multi-analytes simultaneously, thereby holding great potential in identifying multiple explosives. Here, we report a tri-channel fluorescence array composed of three distinct fluorescence probes based on gold nanoclusters and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide with well-separated emission colors. Through the specific interactions of explosives with different fluorescent probes and the yielded response patterns, seven explosives can be successfully distinguished with 100