Doped C20 fullerenes as a new generation of efficient nanosorbents and nanosensors for rapid detection of dimethyltryptamine in drug detection.
Sci Rep December 17, 2025 Tareq Nafea Alharby, Muteb Alanazi, Jowaher Alanazi 1 citation
Doped C20 fullerenes show promise as highly efficient nanosorbents and nanosensors for the rapid detection of dimethyltryptamine, a psychedelic compound. The work suggests that modifying C20 fullerenes with dopants enhances their ability to adsorb and sense dimethyltryptamine molecules, potentially enabling faster and more sensitive drug detection methods. This computational or theoretical analysis indicates that doped fullerenes could serve as a new generation of materials for identifying dimethyltryptamine in forensic or medical contexts.