Xsense: using nanotechnology to combine detection methods for high sensitivity handheld explosives detectors

Michael Stenbæk Schmidt; Natalie Kostesha; Filippo Bosco; Jesper Kenneth Olsen; Carsten Johnsen; Kent A. Nielsen; Jan Oskar Jeppesen; Tommy Sonne Alstrøm; Jan Larsen; Mogens Havsteen Jakobsen; Thomas Thundat; Anja Boisen

doi:10.1117/12.850219

29 April 2010 Xsense: using nanotechnology to combine detection methods for high sensitivity handheld explosives detectors

Michael Stenbæk Schmidt, Natalie Kostesha, Filippo Bosco, Jesper Kenneth Olsen, Carsten Johnsen, Kent A. Nielsen, Jan Oskar Jeppesen, Tommy Sonne Alstrøm, Jan Larsen, Mogens Havsteen Jakobsen, Thomas Thundat, Anja Boisen

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Proceedings Volume 7664, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XV; 76641H (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850219
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In an effort to produce a handheld explosives sensor the Xsense project has been initiated at the Technical University of Denmark in collaboration with a number of partners. Using micro- and nano technological approaches it will be attempted to integrate four detection principles into a single device. At the end of the project, the consortium aims at having delivered a sensor platform consisting of four independent detector principles capable of detecting concentrations of TNT at sub parts-per-billion (ppb) concentrations and with a false positive rate less than 1 parts-per-thousand. The specificity, sensitivity and reliability are ensured by the use of clever data processing , surface functionalisation and nanostructured sensors and sensor surfaces.

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Michael Stenbæk Schmidt, Natalie Kostesha, Filippo Bosco, Jesper Kenneth Olsen, Carsten Johnsen, Kent A. Nielsen, Jan Oskar Jeppesen, Tommy Sonne Alstrøm, Jan Larsen, Mogens Havsteen Jakobsen, Thomas Thundat, and Anja Boisen "Xsense: using nanotechnology to combine detection methods for high sensitivity handheld explosives detectors", Proc. SPIE 7664, Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XV, 76641H (29 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.850219

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