Optics, nanotechnology combined to create low-cost sensor for gases

Engineers have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin-films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyze a wide range of gases. It may find applications in everything from environmental monitoring to airport security or testing blood alcohol levels -- and is particularly suited to detecting carbon dioxide.



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