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Monograph

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...Transit40_Final_Report.pdf

This Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) project demonstrates a cost-effective electrospray technology employing an approach based on the remarkable effectiveness of small, highly charged liquid droplets formed from an electrospray source to "getter" both polarizable particles and polar molecules dispersed in a gas. This technology offers the smallest and most effective means to rapidly collect and detect the release of polar chemical species within a rail transit system. The design offers a self-contained, battery operated electrospray collector-detector which detects the target chemical agent or bioagent(s) using laser interrogation of specially developed Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs).

This Transit IDEA project was conducted by Connecticut Analytical Corporation, Bethany, Connecticut. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Transit IDEA Project 40

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35p

2005-8

TRANSIT-IDEA Program Project Final Report

Final Report

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Biological and chemical weapons; Detection and identification; Rail transit; Technological innovations; Terrorism

Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) (Program)

Electrospray collector-detectors; Harmful biological agents; Molecularly imprinted polymers

Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies

TRIS, TRB

Jun 19 2008 11:09AM