Low-cost sensors for real-time
toxicity detection

The main goal of the Project is the demonstration of a novel low cost sensors for the real-time detection of toxic and warfare chemical substances, based on the monitoring of the environment-sensitive electrical impedance of ultrathin nanomembranes (Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy).

In the demonstrators, these nanomembranes will be integrated into a customized printed circuit board (test-vehicle), to be connected to the EIS instrument (either a high-precision lab instrument or an existing low-cost commercial chip). Two main classes of substances will be targeted: (i) an aggressive warfare agent; (ii) a heavily toxic industrial pollutant.