PERATECH CREATES FAST-ACTING ELECTRONIC NOSE USING QTC TECHNOLOGY

摘要

Touch technology innovator Peratech is developing an 'electronic nose' using its award-winning Quantum Tunnelling Composite (QTC) material. This new sensor technology detects the presence of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) very rapidly and can recover in a matter of seconds - beating all other techniques currently available. QTC materials change their resistance when a force is applied and, in this case, the polymer content of the composite swells when exposed to VOCs.