Fast, cheap, and accurate: Detecting CO2 with a fluorescent twist
Sunday, September 4, 2011 - 21:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Detecting specific gases in the air is possible using a number of different existing technologies, but typically all of these suffer from one or more drawbacks including high energy cost, large size, slow detection speed, and sensitivity to humidity. Overcoming these deficiencies with a unique approach, scientists have designed an inexpensive new material capable of quick and accurate detection of a specific gas under a wide variety of circumstances.