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The Xsense project: The application of an intelligent sensor array for high sensitivity handheld explosives detectors

  • Natalie Kostesha
  • , Michael Stenbæk Schmidt
  • , Filippo Bosco
  • , Jesper Kenneth Olsen
  • , Carsten Johnsen
  • , Kent A. Nielsen
  • , Jan Oskar Jeppesen
  • , Tommy Sonne Alstrøm
  • , Jan Larsen
  • , Thomas Thundat
  • , Mogens Havsteen Jakobsen
  • , Anja Boisen
  • Technical University of Denmark
  • University of Southern Denmark

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Abstract

Multiple independent sensors are used in security and military applications in order to increase sensitivity, selectivity and data reliability. The Xsense project has been initiated at the Technical University of Denmark in collaboration with a number of partners in an effort to produce a handheld sensor for trace detection of explosives. We are using micro- and nano technological approaches for integrating four sensing principles into a single device. At the end of the project, the consortium aims at having delivered a sensor platform consisting of four independent detector principles capable of identifying concentrations of TNT, DNT, HMX and RDX at sub parts-per-billion (ppb) levels and with a false positive rate less than 1 parts-per-thousand. The specificity, sensitivity, reliability and the speed of responses are ensured by the use of advanced data processing, surface functionalization and nanostructured sensors and sensor design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSAS 2011 - IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, Proceedings
Pages7-11
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event6th IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2011 - San Antonio, TX, United States
Duration: Feb 22 2011Feb 24 2011

Publication series

NameSAS 2011 - IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, Proceedings

Conference

Conference6th IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio, TX
Period02/22/1102/24/11

Keywords

  • calorimetry
  • cantilever-based sensor
  • colorimetry
  • data fusion
  • DNT
  • explosives detection
  • HMX
  • RDX
  • surface enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy
  • TATP
  • Xsense

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