Sensing Air Quality the Easy Way

In order to improve the air quality of our indoor environments, one important step is to establish the means to easily measure and monitor it. IAQSENSE (Nanotechnology based gas multispectral sensing system for environmental control and protection) is a three-year EU-funded project that aims to do just that, by developing new nanotechnology-based sensor systems to monitor indoor air quality (IAQ) in closed environments.

These systems will monitor precisely the composition of the air in terms of both chemical and bio contaminants without the need for heavy, expensive equipment. To do this, they have been developed using three patented technologies, one of which is based on surface ion mobility dynamics separating each gas component. These technologies enable the systems to be highly sensitive and selective on the one hand, and fully integrated, low cost and suited to mass production on the other.

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