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Portable Pollen Analyzer
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Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
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Fiscal Year: 2012Title: Portable Pollen AnalyzerAgency / Branch: DOD / ARMYContract: W911NF-12-C-0104Award Amount: $99,916.00
Abstract:
We propose to leverage the expertise of Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI) in building highly sensitive, selective, portable and versatile GC/DMS instruments, to create a system to uniquely identify a pollen species based on its VOC profile. This project will determine which VOCs shall be collected and how many pollen grains are needed in order to increase the confidence of accurately identifying a spatial and temporal origin of the pollen. We will also show that a GC/DMS instrument consisting of a flash thermolysis (FT) capable sampling unit coupled with a gas chromatograph (GC) and a differential mobility spectrometer (DMS, a specific configuration of ion mobility spectrometer), can provide the needed selectivity and sensitivity in a small, portable, robust and relatively inexpensive package.Small Business Information at Submission:Principal Investigator:
Igor Pavlovsky
Chief Scientific Officer
(512) 339-5020
ipavlovsky@appliednanotech.netResearch Institution Information:Applied Nanotech, Inc.
3006 Longhorn Blvd. Suite 107 Austin, TX -EIN/Tax ID: 742848504DUNS: N/ANumber of Employees:Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: NoTexas A&M
Department of Anthropology
Texas A&M University, TAMU4352
College Station, TX 77843-4352Contact: Vaughn M. BryantContact Phone: (979) 845-5255
Award Information
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Agency: Department of Defense |
Branch: Army |
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Program Year/Program: 2012 / STTR |
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Agency Tracking Number: A12A-018-0006 |
Solicitation Year: 2012 |
Solicitation Topic Code: A12a-T018 |
Solicitation Number: 2012.A |