A portable sensor for explosives

国家研究的优先事项，保护澳大利亚，认识到存在真正的恐怖主义威胁和保护国内外澳大利亚人的必要性。尽管人们经常谈论脏弹、生物恐怖主义和核恐怖主义，但恐怖分子最容易获得的武器仍然是常规炸药。因此，需要有探测微量爆炸物的能力。这意味着确实需要一种便携式探测系统，能够在低浓度下有选择地可靠地探测特定的爆炸物。该项目涉及一种新型手持传感器的开发，该传感器具有增加国家安全的潜力。

The National Research priority, safeguarding Australia, recognises that there is a real threat of terrorism and the need to protect Australians at home and abroad. Although there is often talk of dirty bombs, and biological and nuclear terrorism, the most easily sourced weapon of the terrorist is still the conventional explosive. The ability to detect trace amounts of explosives is therefore required. This means that there is a real need for a portable detection system with the ability to reliably sense a specific explosive selectively at low concentrations. This project concerns the development of a new handheld sensor that has the potential to increase the nation's security.