“…[39,68] In fact, owing to real CWAs hazardous manipulation and high toxicity for human health, research works aimed at their recognition have been almost entirely performed using less toxic simulants, compatible with laboratory security standards. [3,7,10,15,28,29,34,55] An ideal simulant should mimic relevant chemico-physical characteristics of the chemical agent, without its associated toxicological properties. [17,23,24,38,45,48,54,80] An overview of the simulants used for the various CWAs, along with the pertaining chemical structures, is provided in Table 2.…”