Plasmonic mercury sensor and wearable gas detector

项目摘要 我们提出的项目“等离子体汞传感器和可穿戴气体探测器”将开发一种小型化的 和低成本汞传感器，并将其应用于个人暴露监测。这个项目将证明 体积小于0.2cm3的强大且灵敏的汞蒸气传感器的可行性， 不到1瓦，零件成本不到40美元。在这个项目中，我们的传感器将被集成到一个 个人监测器是第一个个人汞监测器，可穿戴，即时，准确， 复杂的环境。新的集成光学模块将用于测量 汞齐纳米颗粒膜的等离子体信号。Picoyune专有的等离子体汞传感器 技术是唯一能够测量复杂的混合物。发展这样一个独特的 该设备将使所有与汞接触有关的各方受益。其中包括手工和小规模 金矿社区，其他采矿，牙科诊所，医院，实验室，学校和工业 网站.汞监测每年花费数亿美元，涉及各种科学，工业， 和监管团体。

Project Abstract Our proposed project, “Plasmonic mercury sensor and wearable gas detector,” will develop a miniaturized and low-cost mercury sensor and apply it to personal exposure monitoring. This project will demonstrate the feasibility of a powerful and sensitive mercury vapor sensor that is less than 0.2 cm3 in volume, draws less than 1 Watt, and costs less than $40 in parts. During this project our sensor will be integrated into a personal monitor to be the first personal mercury monitor that is wearable, immediate, and accurate in complex environments. Newly available integrated optical modules will be employed to measure the plasmonic signal of an amalgam nanoparticle film. Picoyune’s proprietary plasmonic mercury sensing technique is uniquely capable of measurements in complex mixtures. The development of such a unique device will benefit all parties concerned with mercury exposure. These include artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities, other mining, dental offices, hospitals, laboratories, schools, and industrial sites. Mercury monitoring costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year across diverse scientific, industrial, and regulatory groups.