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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s) and benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) are compounds of great social and environmental significance, as they are widely used in industry in many different applications. However, they can present serious medical, environmental, and explosion dangers. Because they are toxic even at parts per- billion concentrations, it is essential to know their concentration in the air, especially in industrial and populated areas. Measurement of these toxic compounds at trace levels in multi analyte mixtures is still a challenging task however, and involves the use of expensive laboratory bound expensive equipment. This severely limits risk analysis and timely initiation of preventive measures in a working environment. The main objective of the INGENIOUS project is the development, evaluation and validation of novel ultra-sensitive and selective nanostructured optochemical sensors for the detection of PAHs and BTX from complex mixtures.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 09 May 2011 08:52 )
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The main objective of the INGENIOUS project is the development, evaluation and validation of novel ultra-sensitive and selective nanostructured optochemical sensors for the detection of PAHs and BTX from complex mixtures.
Sub-goals involve the different components of such a system; novel fluorescent chemosensing materials, sensitivity enhancing nanostructured transducer substrates and a foil-based optical read-out platform.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 November 2009 23:03 )
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The INGENIOUS consortium is comprised of a number of Russian and European institutes and universities.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 November 2010 15:50 )
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The R&D work in the project is divided in 5 technical Work Packages (WPs). Additionally there is a WP for the dissemination and exploitation of the project results (WP6) and a WP for the management of the project (WP7). All WP’s run parallel in the EC-part and the Russian part of the project. Each WP is managed by a Work Package Leader (WPL), provided by the partner that plays a central role in the specific EC or Russian part of the WP.
The complete list of WPs with the intended work package leaders is as follows:
WP1 Novel sensor nanomaterials for enhanced fluorescence (EC-WPL: UVIGO, RU-WPL: ISPM-RAS)
WP2 Nanostructured transducer substrates (EC-WPL: AU, RU-WPL: PC-RAS)
WP3 Characterisation and optimisation of transducer substrate (EC-WPL: UVIGO, RU-WPL: PC-RAS)
WP4 Sensor read-out platform (EC-WPL: TNO, RU-WPL: PC-RAS)
WP5 Evaluation and validation of sensor prototypes (EC-WPL: CIOP-PIB, RU-WPL: PC-RAS)
WP6 Dissemination and Exploitation (EC-WPL: TNO, RU-WPL: PC-RAS)
WP7 Management (EC-WPL: TNO, RU-WPL: PC-RAS)
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Last Updated ( Monday, 09 May 2011 08:59 )
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 12:38 |
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The 18th months meeting took place at Vigo University, Departement of Chemistry from the 13th to 15th April 2011. This meeting has been opened on the 13th April by Workshop "Nanostructured Materials for Sensing" organised by Univeristy of Vigo. The workshop has been attended by more than 30 attendees and 11 talks related to the nanotechnology for sensors from 8 institutions including the Ingenious partners and also external speakers have been presented.The progress which has been done within each organisation during last 6 months of the project has been presented on the 14th and 15th April. In addition, all ingenious partners beneficiated from the dedicated presentation given by a represenative from Draeger company on requirements for the benzene gas sensor.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 09 May 2011 08:26 )
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