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Project Metadata Element | Details |
Project Title | Printable highly selective chemoresistor gel-based sensor arrays with antibody - diagnostic platform for rapid sensing of illegal steroids in natural waters |
Research Area | Sustainability |
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Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Prof Paul Calvert |
Lead Institution or Organisation | Dublin City University (DCU) |
Lead Country | Ireland |
Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.38526, -6.25714 |
Lead Funding Entity | Science Foundation Ireland |
Approximate Project Start Date | 01/06/2012 |
Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/08/2012 |
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Project Keywords | Domestic sensors; Water pollution; Moniroting; Biological compounds |
Project Abstract | Large fixed sensors for smoke and carbon monoxide are familiar in houses. Similar sensors, either fixed of hand-held, can be used to measure a range of pollutants in natural waters. What cannot easily be measured are most biologically important coumpunds, including antibiotics, steroids, other hormones, toxins.This project will develop simple, disposable printed sensors that can be designed to detect any specific compound using enzymes or antibodies to give the specificity. Such sensors would have widespread application for moniroting natural waters and industrial processes. |