Easy-to-use Test Kits for Toxic Chemical Identification

我们建议在技术和商业上开发易于使用的一次性测试“条”和“拭子”，这些测试条和拭子在结合两类常见有毒化学品的特异性、灵敏性和快速比色检测方面是独特的。该技术基础是作为EPSRC资助的分子传感器系统设计基础研究（GR/S98771/01）的一部分而建立的。EPSRC后续基金代表了发展这项工作的理想机会;就目前而言，该技术目前福尔斯“蓝天”基础研究和对未来大量投资具有潜在吸引力的设备之间。我们希望，这笔赠款的授予将使这一差距得到弥补，使示范'设备'的建设，从而释放未来的投资。

We propose the development, both technical and commercial, of easy-to-use disposable test 'strips' and 'swabs' that are unique in combining specific, sensitive and rapid colorimetric detection of two classes of common toxic chemical. The technology base was established as part of a fundamental EPSRC funded study on the design of molecular sensor systems (GR/S98771/01). EPSRC Follow on Funds represent an ideal enabling opportunity to develop this work; as it stands the technology currently falls between 'blue-skies' basic research and a device that is potentially attractive to future substantial investment. It is our hope that the award of this grant would allow this gap to be bridged by enabling the construction of demonstration 'devices' and hence release future investment.