Hypersectral imaging for military and security applications: Combining myriad processing and sensing techniques

M Shimoni, R Haelterman… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Collecting airborne and spaceborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
information is mandatory for addressing the defense challenges posed in the 21st century. A …

Bacterial enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants: catabolic pathways and genetic regulations

S Kumari, S Das - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Contamination of soil and natural water bodies driven by increased organic pollutants
remains a universal concern. Naturally, organic pollutants contain carcinogenic and toxic …

Soil contamination in areas impacted by military activities: a critical review

P Broomandi, M Guney, JR Kim, F Karaca - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Military activities drastically affect soil properties mainly via physical/chemical disturbances
during military training and warfare. The present paper aims to review (1) physical/chemical …

Distribution and fate of military explosives and propellants in soil: a review

J Pichtel - Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Energetic materials comprise both explosives and propellants. When released to the
biosphere, energetics are xenobiotic contaminants which pose toxic hazards to ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based approaches to reducing the environmental risk of organic contaminants resulting from military activities

C Fernandez-Lopez, R Posada-Baquero… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
As is the case with many other industrial activities, the organic contaminants at military-
impacted sites may pose significant hazards to the environment and human health. Given …

Silver-graphene quantum dots based electrochemical sensor for trinitrotoluene and p-nitrophenol

T Jadoon, T Mahmood, K Ayub - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Silver cluster decorated graphene quantum dots act as efficient electrochemical sensors for
the detection of nitroaromatic compounds due to their unique electronic properties. Herein …

[HTML][HTML] Biotransformation and degradation of 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene by microbial metabolism and their interaction

MY Serrano-González, R Chandra… - Defence technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and its derivatives are nitrogen-containing aromatic
compounds having chemical and thermal stability at ambient temperature and pressure …

Soils in war and peace

Y Dmytruk, V Cherlinka, L Cherlinka… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Our purpose is a preliminary assessment of the effects of war in Ukraine on its soils.
Realistic diagnosis demands details at the scale at which war operates. Lacking a soil map …

Spread, behavior, and ecosystem consequences of conventional munitions compounds in coastal marine waters

AJ Beck, M Gledhill, C Schlosser, B Stamer… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Coastal marine environments are contaminated globally with a vast quantity of unexploded
ordnance and munitions from intentional disposal. These munitions contain organic …

Polyethylene imine capped copper nanoclusters-fluorescent and colorimetric onsite sensor for the trace level detection of TNT

RS Aparna, JSA Devi, P Sachidanandan… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid, reliable, onsite approaches for the trace level detection of trinitrotoluene (TNT) is a
pressing necessity for both homeland security and environmental protection. Selective …