SBIR Phase I: Low-Cost RFID Dioxin Sensors

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发一种新材料，这种材料可以选择性地检测二恶英，并将这种传感器材料集成到射频识别(RFID)标签中，以生产低成本的二恶英传感器，该传感器可用于监控食品供应中异常高水平的二恶英污染。然后，用于基于RFID的库存控制的相同设备可以询问这些RFID传感器。二恶英是一种剧毒和持久的化学物质，来源于燃烧过程，并在食物链中积累。众所周知，体内二恶英水平的增加会导致癌症和其他疾病。尽管意外和故意污染食品(特别是肉类和乳制品)带来了重大风险，但目前还没有检测二恶英的低成本方法。目前的检测费用为每个样本600至800美元。该项目将寻求开发可以整合到食品包装中的非常低成本的传感器。这些传感器还可以用来帮助跟踪动物饲料的质量，防止牲畜受到二恶英污染。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a new material that can selectively detect dioxins and to incorporate this sensor material into a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag to produce low-cost dioxin sensors that can be used to monitor the food supply for unusually high levels of dioxin contamination. The same equipment used for RFID-based inventory control can then interrogate these RFID sensors. Dioxins are extremely toxic and persistent chemicals that originate from combustion processes and accumulate in the food chain.Increased levels of dioxins in the body are known to cause cancer and other diseases. Despite the significant risk posed by accidental and intentional contamination of food products (especially meat and dairy products) there are no low-cost methods for detecting dioxins. Current testing costs $600 to $800 per sample. This project will seek to develop very low-cost sensors that can be incorporated into the packaging for food products. These sensors could also be used to help track the quality of animal feed and prevent dioxin contamination of livestock.