STTR Phase I: Planar Array Infrared (PA-IR): A Compact Rugged Double Beam Infrared Spectrometer for Laboratory and Field Analysis

STTR 第一阶段：平面阵列红外 (PA-IR)：用于实验室和现场分析的紧凑型坚固型双光束红外光谱仪

• 批准号: 0711781
• 负责人: Daniel Frost
• 金额: $ 14.99万
• 依托单位: PAIR Technologies, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0711781&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Planar; Array; Infrared

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project will demonstrate the utility of infrared planar array technology to study water pollutants such as industrial contaminants and biological impurities. It is proposed to design and build a compact, high-sensitivity, double beam infrared instrument based on focal plane array detection, which meets or exceeds performance standards of commercially available devices and is able to operate in ambient environments to provide measurements of dilute concentrations of organic and biological contaminants. Infrared spectroscopy has the molecular specificity to provide both qualitative identification of contaminants and quantitative measurement of concentrations. However, existing IR instruments based on Fourier transform techniques are limited in their ability to make these measurements rapidly under ambient conditions. The research will apply this innovative technology to enable real time effluent detection from a manufacturing site such as that found at chemical company sites to realize tangible savings from being able to pro-actively identify and measure the presence of pollutants. This reconfigurable and potentially portable instrument will assist scientists (academic, industrial and government) who work in analytical labs and require high speed measurements and/or those involved in environmental monitoring where sensing speed is important.

该小型企业技术转让 (STTR) 第一阶段研究项目将展示红外平面阵列技术在研究工业污染物和生物杂质等水污染物方面的实用性。提出设计和构建一种基于焦平面阵列检测的紧凑型、高灵敏度、双光束红外仪器，该仪器满足或超过市售设备的性能标准，并且能够在周围环境中运行，以提供稀浓度的测量有机和生物污染物。红外光谱具有分子特异性，可以提供污染物的定性识别和浓度的定量测量。然而，基于傅立叶变换技术的现有红外仪器在环境条件下快速进行这些测量的能力受到限制。该研究将应用这种创新技术，实现对生产现场（例如化工公司现场的废水）进行实时检测，从而通过主动识别和测量污染物的存在来实现切实的节约。这种可重新配置和潜在的便携式仪器将帮助在分析实验室工作并需要高速测量的科学家（学术界、工业界和政府）和/或参与环境监测（其中传感速度很重要）的科学家。