Unlocking the potential of poly(ionic liquids) for electrochemical sensing

该项目旨在创造新的科学，使基于多离子液体的低成本、小型化电化学传感器的发展成为可能。材料的化学性质将被调整为选择性地检测有害污染物，以便在分析相关水平上进行痕量浓度检测。溶解在多离子液体/离子液体膜中的气体和固体污染物的基本行为将被揭示，它们在真实环境中的传感性能将被检查。预计这些进步将改变检测方法，将传感从实验室转移到日常人员手中，提供关于环境中危害浓度的快速和准确的知识。

This project aims to create new science that will enable the development of low-cost, miniaturised electrochemical sensors based on poly-ionic liquids. The chemistry of the materials will be tuned to selectively detect hazardous pollutants to enable trace concentration detection at analytically relevant levels. Fundamental behaviour of gases and solid contaminants dissolved in poly-ionic liquid/ionic liquid membranes will be uncovered, and their performance for sensing in real environments will be examined. It is expected that these advances will transform detection methods by taking sensing out of the lab and in to the hands of the everyday person, giving rapid and accurate knowledge about the concentration of hazards in the environment.