Field-portable electronic chemical sensors
The technical difficulties of monitoring in real-time the chemical emissions of organisms under field conditions with high sensitivity has hampered ecological research. Recently, a commercially available technological breakthrough in portable detection promises to solve many of the difficulties of conducting manipulative experiments in the field. The zNose is a surface acoustic wave detector (SAW) coupled to a micro- and field-portable GC. With support from the National Science Foundation, the Niesenbaum lab is using the zNose to measure volatile emissions that might be involved in tri-trophic interactions
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0442049. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.