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

这个小型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，以检测基于过氧化氢的自制炸药的蒸气。国土安全部和国防部已将基于过氧化氢的自制爆炸物检测列为首要需求。世界各地的恐怖分子继续将炸药带上飞机，并通过邮件运输。此外，美国和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(IED)有关。Vaporsens正在开发一种革命性的探测器，能够连续、非接触地检测爆炸物威胁。探测器中使用的传感器材料可以识别大多数爆炸物--过氧化物基爆炸物除外。为了开发这种多目标探测器，该公司必须证明其新型传感器材料检测过氧化物基爆炸物的可行性。结果将是一种高度敏感的过氧化氢传感器材料，准备集成到我们的多目标爆炸物探测器产品中。这个项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将满足我们的国土安全需要，以准确、快速和非侵入性的方式用化学方法探测爆炸物。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之选，也是集成到现有安全监控、建筑物通风和探测系统中的理想选择。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。

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.