This week the RADICAL project team is delighted to present at the Air Sensor International Conference 2022, led by the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center.
ASIC is one of the foremost conferences for air quality monitoring and air sensor development. It brings together stakeholders from academia, government, communities, and commercial interests to promote and advance air pollution sensors, improve the data quality from these sensors, expand the pollutants measured, and foster community involvement in monitoring air quality.
RADICAL project coordinator, Professor Justin Holmes (University College Cork), presents an overview of RADICAL and the latest project results in the Innovative Sensor Technologies session on Friday 13 May. He’s joined by atmospheric chemist Dr Stig Hellebust (University College Cork) and project manager Dr Tamela Maciel (UCC Academy).
Talk title:
RADICAL: Developing an electronic sensor for detecting short-lived atmospheric radicals and other gases
Abstract:
Atmospheric radicals, particularly hydroxyl and nitrate, are the drivers of chemical processes that determine atmospheric composition and thus influence local and global air quality and climate. However, the detection of these short-lived atmospheric radicals is far from routine, and only a few labs worldwide can accurately measure their concentrations in air. Current techniques for measuring radicals are based on spectroscopic and mass spectrometric methods, which although sensitive and robust, are technically complex, cumbersome and expensive.
This presentation provides an overview, and a discussion of the latest results, from the EU-funded project ‘RADICAL’ which is developing a small, low-cost sensor to electrically detect short-lived atmospheric radicals in real-time. This will be the first gas sensor built from an array of junctionless nanowire transistors, which has proven popular for liquid-based sensors. Although challenging, RADICAL sensors not only have the potential to be rolled out on a global scale but can also be adapted to detect other important atmospheric gases, particularly on short-timescales. The project team welcome ideas and future collaborations for how these sensors might be best applied in real-life environmental monitoring situations.
Presentation slides:
Download a copy of the presentation slides through the RADICAL project repository on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/record/6540999#.YnyOjejMI2w
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