![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106043357im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Killer Pulses Help Characterize Special Surfaces
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July 29, 2008
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Detecting deadly fumes in subways, toxic gases in chemical spills and hidden explosives in baggage is becoming easier and more efficient with a measurement technique called surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Researchers at the University of Illinois, led by chemistry professor Dana Dlott, have devised a method to evaluate substrate surfaces by using a series of killer laser pulses.
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Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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