About radical

RADICAL is an EU-funded research project to develop a brand-new way of detecting atmospheric radicals in real-time.

This will be a small, low-cost electronic sensor that will ‘sniff’ out short-lived radicals such as hydroxyl and nitrate, which play a key intermediary role in day- and night-time air quality. 

This has never been done before, but if it works, our new RADICAL sensors will be cheap, 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. 

The sensors could also be adapted to detect other gases with a wide range of potential applications.

Credit: Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry, UCC

RADICAL – AN ELECTRONIC SENSOR TO DETECT ATMOSPHERIC RADICALS

RADICAL TEAM

RADICAL is 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).

We have extensive expertise across the fields of material science, computer modelling, nanofabrication and nanoelectronics, as well as organic, radical and atmospheric  chemistry.

RADICAL Latest news

Stay up-to-date with our project news, activities and progress.

Category
Discover how RADICAL celebrated the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies with engaging events on air quality in Cork, Ireland.
Category
RADICAL participated at Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) 2024 in California in the session 'Next Generation Sensing'. Read more.
Category
Luper Technologies recently collaborated with RADICAL to test their technology in the Irish Atmospheric Simulation Chamber (IASC). Read more.

KEEP IN TOUCH

Write to us or follow us on social media

Social media

Email

info@radical-air.eu

Follow our progress with RADICAL