SBIR Phase I: A Nano Net for Trace Explosives Detection: Closing the Multi-target Systems Gap with a Peroxide Vapor Sensor

SBIR 第一阶段：用于痕量爆炸物检测的纳米网络：利用过氧化物蒸气传感器缩小多目标系统差距

• 批准号: 1248536
• 负责人: Benjamin Rollins
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Vaporsens Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1248536&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Nano; Net; Trace

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a new and improved sensor material to detect the vapors of peroxide-based homemade explosives. The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense have identified peroxide-based homemade explosive detection as a top priority need. Terrorists worldwide continue to carry explosives onto airplanes and transport them through the mail. In addition, sixty percent of US and Allied deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are related to improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Vaporsens is developing a revolutionary detector capable of continuous, non-contact detection of explosive threats. The sensor material to be used in the detector can identify the majority of explosives - with the exception of peroxide-base explosives. To develop this multi-target detector, the company must demonstrate the feasibility of detecting peroxide-based explosives with its novel sensor material. The outcome will be a highly sensitive peroxide sensor material ready to be to be integrated into our multi-target explosive detector product. The broader impact/commercial potential of this project will address our homeland security needs to chemically detect explosives accurately, quickly, and in a non-intrusive manner. The small, fast-acting detector will be ideal for portable explosive detectors and also for integration into existing security monitoring, building ventilation, and detection systems. Furthermore, the development of such a technology is feasible from an investment standpoint because potential commercial value is high.

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发一种新的和改进的传感器材料，以检测基于过氧化物的自制爆炸物的蒸汽。国土安全部和国防部已经将基于过氧化物的自制爆炸物探测确定为当务之急。世界各地的恐怖分子继续将爆炸物带上飞机并通过邮件运输。此外，美国及其盟军在伊拉克和阿富汗的死亡人数中，有60%与简易爆炸装置有关。Vaporsens正在开发一种革命性的探测器，能够连续、非接触地探测爆炸性威胁。探测器中使用的传感器材料可以识别除过氧化物炸药外的大多数炸药。为了开发这种多目标探测器，该公司必须证明用其新型传感器材料检测过氧化物基爆炸物的可行性。结果将是一种高灵敏度的过氧化氢传感器材料，准备集成到我们的多目标爆炸探测器产品中。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将解决我们的国土安全需要，以准确、快速和非侵入性的方式化学检测爆炸物。这种小型、快速反应的探测器将是便携式爆炸物探测器的理想选择，也可以集成到现有的安全监控、建筑通风和探测系统中。此外，从投资的角度来看，开发这种技术是可行的，因为潜在的商业价值很高。