Systems for Detection and Identification of Biological Aerosols (Review Paper)

Švábenská, Eva

doi:10.14429/dsj.62.1251

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“…Chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear/explosive (CBRNE) (Kemp, 2016 ; Švábenská, 2012 ; Veerabuthiran and Razdan, 2011 ) agents pose significant threats in the 21st century, especially for armed forces and first responders such as police, firefighters, and other emergency personnel. These responders require quick, sensitive, and selective detection systems that can be used to identify and potentially quantify specific compounds.…”

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Colorimetric Sensor Arrays for the Detection and Identification of Chemical Weapons and Explosives

Kangas

Burks

Atwater

et al. 2016

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

174

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There is a significant demand for devices that can rapidly detect chemical–biological–explosive (CBE) threats on-site and allow for immediate responders to mitigate spread, risk, and loss. The key to an effective reconnaissance mission is a unified detection technology that analyzes potential threats in real time. In addition to reviewing the current state of the art in the field, this review illustrates the practicality of colorimetric arrays composed of sensors that change colors in the presence of analytes. This review also describes an outlook toward future technologies, and describes how they could possibly be used in areas such as war zones to detect and identify hazardous substances.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Colorimetric Sensor Arrays for the Detection and Identification of Chemical Weapons and Explosives

Kangas

Burks

Atwater

et al. 2016

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

174

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“…The basic techniques used for detection and identification of bioagents are described by Š vábenská [9,10]. The varieties of agents present in air vary in terms of size, phase and toxicity [11].…”

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Fibrous Filter to Protect Building Environments from Polluting Agents: A Review

Chavhan

Mukhopadhyay

2015

J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. E

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This paper discusses the use of fibrous filter to protect the building environments from air born polluting agents and especially of concern chemical, biological and radiological agents. Air-filtration includes removal of particulate from air and toxic gases from air. In air filtration, particulate which are mostly biological and radioactive types of agents can be removed by using mechanical and electrostatic filters. Some biological agents, which cannot be removed by air filtration alone, special techniques like antimicrobial finish, UV germicides, coated filters etc. are required. Biocide agent can be added into the fibre itself by grafting reaction to impart antimicrobial activity. Chemical agents like toxic gases can be removed by integrating adsorbents and sorbents in filters or by fibre modifications. It is also possible to impart catalytic conversion properties into the fibre to remove volatile gasous. Radioactive agents can be removed by particulate filter if present in the form of aerosol or by gas cleaning by the use of specific fibre impregnate.

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“…are odorless and colorless, and their effects can be observed after a variable time frame, depending on the agent 1-2 ; this poses a number of challenges for their early detection and identification. The unambiguous identification of biological agents relies mostly on well-established molecular biology techniques, which, necessarily, require sample collection, the use of perishable reagents, and well-trained personnel to perform the analysis [3][4][5] .…”

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Towards the implementation of a spectral database for the detection of biological warfare agents

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The deliberate use of biological warfare agents (BWA) and other pathogens can jeopardize the safety of population, fauna and flora, and represents a concrete concern from the military and civil perspective. At present, the only commercially available tools for fast warning of a biological attack can perform point detection and require active or passive sampling collection. The development of a stand-off detection system would be extremely valuable to minimize the risk and the possible consequences of the release of biological aerosols in the atmosphere. Biological samples can be analyzed by means of several optical techniques, covering a broad region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Strong evidence proved that the informative content of fluorescence spectra could provide good preliminary discrimination among those agents and it can also be obtained through stand-off measurements. Such a system necessitates a database and a mathematical method for the discrimination of the spectral signatures. In this work, we collected fluorescence emission spectra of the main BWA simulants, to implement a spectral signature database and apply the Universal Multi Event Locator (UMEL) statistical method. Our preliminary analysis, conducted in laboratory conditions with a standard UV lamp source, considers the main experimental setups influencing the fluorescence signature of some of the most commonly used BWA simulants. Our work represents a first step towards the implementation of a spectral database and a laser-based biological stand-off detection and identification technique.

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Systems for Detection and Identification of Biological Aerosols (Review Paper)

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Colorimetric Sensor Arrays for the Detection and Identification of Chemical Weapons and Explosives

Colorimetric Sensor Arrays for the Detection and Identification of Chemical Weapons and Explosives

Fibrous Filter to Protect Building Environments from Polluting Agents: A Review

Towards the implementation of a spectral database for the detection of biological warfare agents

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