Thrust 2
Trace & Vapor Sensors

Thrust Leader: Stephen P. Beaudoin, Purdue University

This thrust concentrates on understanding the fundamental problems of trace and vapor detection of explosives. The goal of this effort is to enable development of sensing systems capable of detecting ultra-low amounts of explosives which are both selective (i.e., able to reduce number of false positives and false negatives), and adaptable (i.e., can accommodate new explosives as they become threats). This effort will require fundamental materials research for next generation sensors, such as development of hybrid quantum dot/polymer array structures. The sensor concepts developed here can be integrated into sensor systems as discussed in Thrusts R3 and R4.

Project Leaders

  • Stephen P. Beaudoin
    Professor
    Purdue University
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Faculty and Staff

  • Byran Boudouris
    Assistant Professor
    Purdue University
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Students

  • Ahmet Cagri Aydinkarahailoglu
    University of Notre Dame
  • Effects of Volume Scaling in AIN Nano Plate Resonators on Quality Factor Qian, Z., Hui, Y. & Rinaldi, M. Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) 2016.
  • Chemical Sensing Based on Graphene-Aluminum Nitride Nano Plate Resonators Qian, Z., Hui, Y., Liu, F., Kar, S. & Rinaldi, M. Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2015 Conference, pp. 1-4 DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2015.7370507 2015.
  • A Compilation of Cold Case Investigations using Scanning Electron Microscopy Platek, M.J. & Gregory, O.J. SPIE Scanning Microscopies Symposium 2015.
  • Stability of Optical Trajectories in Rotationally Asymmetric Multipass Cells Harden, G.H., Cortes-Herrera, L.E., & Hoffman, A.J. Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics 2016.
  • Oxide Nanowires for Chemical Sensing Caron, Z., Patel, V., Meekins, D., Platek,M., & Gregory., O.J. Fall MRS Meeting 2015.
  • Trace Explosives Detection Using Zinc Oxide Nanowires Caron, Z., Mallin, D., Champlin, M., & Gregory, O. 250th American Chemical Society National Meeting 2015.
  • Trace Explosive Detection using Zinc Oxide and Copper Oxide Nanowire Catalysts Caron, Z. & Gregory, O. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society - FACSS/SciX Conference 2015.
  • Chapter 4. Aspects of Particle Adhesion and Removal Quesnel, D., Rimai, D., Schaefer, D., Beaudoin, S., Harrison, A., Hoss, D., Sweat, M., & Thomas, M. Developments in Surface Contamination and Cleaning, Volume 1, 2nd Ed., Kohli, R. and Mittal, K., Eds., Wiley, pp. 119 - 147 2015. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-29960-2.00004-6.
  • Detection of Gas-Phase Explosive Analytes Using Fluorescent Spectroscopy of Thin Films of Xanthene Dyes Qi Zhang, H. & Euler, W.B. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 225, pp. 553 - 562 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.11.098.
  • Graphene-Aluminum Nitride Nano Plate Resonant Infrared Detector Qian, Z., Hui, Y., Liu, F., Kar, S., & Rinaldi, M. Nature Microsystems and NanoEngineering 2016. DOI: 10.1038/micronano.2016.26.
  • Dissociation Enthalpies of Chloride Adducts of Nitrate and Nitrite Explosives Determined by Ion Mobility Spectrometry Rajapaske, R.M, Stone, J.A., Fowler, P.E., & Eiceman, G.A. J. Phys. Chem, pp. 120, 690 - 698 2016.
  • Implementation of a Fast Fluid Dynamics Model in OpenFOAM for Simulation Indoor Airflow Liu, W. Jin, M., Chen C., You, R., & Chen, Q. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 47, pp. 748 - 762 2016.
  • Plasmonic Piezoelectric Nanomechanical Resonator for Spectrally Selective Infrared Sensing Hui, Y., Gomez-Diaz, J.S., Qian, Z., Alu', A., & Rinaldi, M Nature Communications, 7:11249 2016 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11249.
  • Cohesive Hamaker Constants and Dispersive Surface Energies of RDX, PETN, TNT, and Ammonium Nitrate-based Explosives Harrison, A., Otte, A., Carvajal, T., Pinal, R., & Beaudoin, S. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 40(6), pp. 892 - 897 2015.
  • Structural Evolution of Ultrathin Films of Rhodamine 6G on Glass Chapman, M., Mullen, M., Novoa-Ortega, E., Alhasani, M., Elman, J.F., & Euleer W.B. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(15), pp 8289 - 8297 2016 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01669.
  • Contact between Traps and Surfaces during Contact Sampling of Explosives in Security Settings Chaffee-Cipich, M., Hoss,D., Sweat, M., & Beaudoin, S. Forensic Science International, Volume 260, pp. 85-94 2016. DOI: 10.1016/jforsciint.2015.12.041.
  • Oxide Nanowires for Chemical Sensing Caron, Z., Patel, V., Meekins, D., Platek, M., & Grefory, O.J. MRS Advances pp. 1-7 2016.
  • A Pre-Concentrator for Explosive Vapor Detection Caron, Z., Mallin, D., Champlin, M., & Gregory, O.J. Electromechanical Society Transactions, 66(38) 2015. DOI: 10.1149/06638.0059ecst.
  • Design and Implementation of a Tunable, Duffing-Like Electromechanical Resonator via Nonlinear Feedback Bajaj, N. Sabater, A.B., Hickey, J.N., Chiu, G. T.-C., & Rhoads, J.F. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems pp. 2-10 2015. DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2015.2493447.
  • Mid-Infrared Waveguide Array Inter-Chip Coupling Using Optical Quilt Packaging Ahmed, T., Lu, T., Butler, T.P., Kulick, J.M., Bernstein, G.H., Hoffman, A.J. Hall, D.C., & Howard, S.S. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 29(9), pp. 755-758. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2017.2684091.
  • The Influence of Interfacial Effects on the Photophysics of Rhodamine 6G Thin Films on a Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Surface Mullen, M. & Euler, W.B. Langmuir, 33(9), pp. 2194-2204. 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00144.
  • A New “Quasi-Dynamic” Method for Determining the Hamaker Constant of Solids Using an Atomic Force Microscope Fronczak, S.G., Dong, J., Browne, C.A., Krenek, E.C., Franses, E.I., Beaudoin, S.P., and Corti, D.S. Langmuir, 33(3), pp. 714-725. 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04063.
  • Detection of Dinitrotoluene Isomers Using Reactions With Bases: A Structural, Spectroscopic, Kinetic, and Computational Study You, S., Latendresse, C.A., Fernandes, S.C., Sullivan, K.M., & Euler, W.B. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 216, 20 April 2015, pp. 165 – 175. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.04.033 2015.
  • An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Thermal Decomposition of the Ethylene Glycol Dinitrate Chloride Adduct Ion Rajapaksea, R.M.M.Y., Eiceman, G.A., & Stone, J.A. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 371, 1 October 2014, pp. 28–35. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2014.07.039 2014.