Nanoparticle–NMR technique targets recreational drugs

Lot of pills of MDMA (Ecstasy) distributed by drug dealer seized by legal authority

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After constantly playing catch-up, new tool could give analytical chemists the edge in fight to identify new psychoactive substances

Scientists in Italy have combined nanoparticle receptors with NMR spectroscopy to detect and identify new psychoactive substances in complex mixtures.