Conference paper
The Xsense project: The application of an intelligent sensor array for high sensitivity handheld explosives detectors
Nanoprobes Group, NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark1
NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3
University of Southern Denmark4
Cognitive Systems, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, Technical University of Denmark5
Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, Technical University of Denmark6
University of Alberta7
Surface Engineering Group, Polymer Micro and Nano Engineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark8
Polymer Micro and Nano Engineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark9
Multiple independent sensors are used in security and military applications in order to increase sensitivity, selectivity and data reliability. The Xsense project has been initiated at the Technical University of Denmark in collaboration with a number of partners in an effort to produce a handheld sensor for trace detection of explosives.
We are using micro- and nano technological approaches for integrating four sensing 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 identifying concentrations of TNT, DNT, HMX and RDX at sub parts-per-billion (ppb) levels and with a false positive rate less than 1 parts-per-thousand.
The specificity, sensitivity, reliability and the speed of responses are ensured by the use of advanced data processing, surface functionalization and nanostructured sensors and sensor design.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 7-11 |
| Proceedings: | 2011 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium |
| ISBN: | 1424480620 , 1424480639 , 1424480647 , 9781424480623 , 9781424480630 and 9781424480647 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/SAS.2011.5739782 |
| ORCIDs: | Alstrøm, Tommy Sonne , Larsen, Jan , Jakobsen, Mogens Havsteen and Boisen, Anja |
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