About radical
RADICAL (2020-2025) was an EU-funded research project to develop a brand-new way of detecting atmospheric radicals in real-time.
We have developed a small, low-cost electronic sensor that ‘sniffs’ out short-lived radicals such as hydroxyl which plays a key intermediary role in day-time air quality.
The sensor is an adaptable platform which has also been successfully tuned with different organic layers to selectively detect nitrogen dioxide, ozone, ammonia and radicals.
This has never been done before. Our new RADICAL sensors are low cost, small and able to be rolled out on a global scale to help us better monitor and model the role of radicals in atmospheric chemistry. Versatile and portable, the RADICAL sensor can be deployed in diverse environments—from hospitals to industrial sites and even remote, dangerous locations—making it a powerful tool for both air quality monitoring and research.
RADICAL: A Breakthrough Sensor for Atmospheric Radicals and Air Quality Monitoring
RADICAL TEAM
RADICAL was a collaboration between multidisciplinary partners across Europe including University College Cork (Ireland), HZDR (Germany), University of York (United Kingdom), National Technical University of Athens (Greece), Smartcom (Bulgaria), and UCC Academy (Ireland).
Our extensive expertise spanned across the fields of material science, computer modelling, nanofabrication and nanoelectronics, as well as organic, radical and atmospheric chemistry.
RADICAL PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Explore key updates, activities, and achievements from the project.
