TeChBioT – Surveillance and Reconnaissance Techniques for Chemical and Biological Threats
Description
In Europe, there are still technological gaps in several aspects of the CBRN Security Cycle and specifically in the devices for rapid detection, identification and monitoring of low-volatile chemical warfare agents and non-volatile biological warfare agents, mainly in complex natural environments. Benchmark technologies, including IMS and GC-IMS, can sample and identify the most volatile CWAs within seconds (IMS) or BWAs within minutes, even at low ppbV concentration levels, but cannot detect extremely low doses of low-volatile toxic fourth generation CWAs, nor can they differentiate biological fragments from harmless substances. To overcome these gaps, it is necessary to develop new highly selective and sensitive detectors with detection limits in the pptV range, operated at elevated temperatures (>200°C) to prevent condensation of low volatile constituents, high 2D resolving power and robust analytical methods.
Goal
TeChBioT aims for the development of a universal detection technology based on high-temperature ion mobility spectrometry with optional gas chromotographic pre-separation for enabling fast detection and identification of nonvolatile biological and low-volatile chemical agents. The innovative technology is combined with Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning models to reduce the dimensionality of the 2D spectral data and enable distinguishing of bacteria, fungi, viruses, low volatile chemical warfare agents, and toxic industrial compounds at pptV concentration levels based on their unique fingerprint within a complex environment.
Lead Partner
ECOLE ROYALE MILITAIRE – KONINKLIJKE MILITAIRE SCHOOL
Partners involved
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER, T4I ENGINEERING SINGLE MEMBER PRIVATE COMPANY, ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS, TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL, BUNDESMINISTERIUM DER VERTEIDIGUNG, EXUS SOFTWARE MONOPROSOPI ETAIRIA PERIORISMENIS EVTHINIS, INTERSCIENCE BV
Duration
01 December 2022 – 30 November 2025
Funding
€ 4,328,983.75
