Smart Dust Sensing detection of trace explosives and chemical agents

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Project acronym: SDS

Project full title: “Smart Dust Sensing (SDS) for stand off detection of trace explosives and chemical agents”

Funding: The project is financially supported by the Italian Ministry of Defense through the PNRM

Topic: stand off detection of chemical agents and explosives

Goal: developing ‘smart targets’ to enhance substantially the performance of a laser based IR system for stand off detection of CWAs and explosives

Requirements:

Implementation of smart targets to improve sensitivity
Response time of seconds
Sensitive to nerve agents and explosives
Stand off detection from up to 10 m

Technology:

Surface Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy (SEIRS) on smart targets funzionalized with selective molecular receptors

Role of CREO: : smart target integration, development of the stand off interrogation/detection unit

Perspectives: similar system architecture could be used to detect and identify drugs, TICs or IEDs’ precursors

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