Vincenzo Luigi Spagnolo

PolySense

vincenzoluigi.spagnolo — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 09:58:23 +0000

PolySense vincenzoluigi… Wed, 02/06/2019 - 10:58

Lab full name

PolySense

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences

ERC 3rd level Code

PE4_2 Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques

Research Activities

PolySense is a joint-research lab in collaboration between the Technical University of Bari and Thorlabs GMBH.
The activities of the joint research lab will be focus on the research and development of innovative optical gas sensing systems.
The detection and measurement of trace gas concentrations is of importance in a variety of applications, including environmental monitoring of greenhouse gases, disease diagnosis, industrial process control analysis, and detection of toxic and flammable gases. The PolySense Lab has extensive experience with the quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) technique, which uses a quartz tuning fork (QTF) as a detector for photo-acoustic signals. Using QEPAS, extremely small concentrations of potentially harmful gases (a few tens of parts per trillion) can be measured.
Leveraging this background, the PolySense Lab will focus its activity on the further development and implementation of novel gas sensing techniques and the realization of highly sensitive QEPAS trace-gas sensors.
Starting from the QEPAS technique and employing Thorlabs' engineering resources and manufacturing expertise, the PolySense lab will endeavor to design and produce QTF designs, optimized for different operation conditions. These QTFs will be incorporated into jointly-designed acoustic detection modules to produce sensor prototypes for highly sensitive real-time measurements. The end goal is to provide portable solutions for in situ and real-time gas detection, leading to advancements in breath analysis, environmental monitoring, leaks detection, hydrocarbon gas sensing, and monitoring of toxic gases and explosive precursors. PolySense Lab will also perform sensing on demand and provide third-party consulting.
To support the newly formed strategic partnership, Thorlabs will provide the necessary instrumentation as well as technical staff and funding for both the research and personnel, while the university will provide the laboratory and office space as well as conduct the research.

Department

DIF

Contact Person

Vincenzo Luigi Spagnolo

vincenzoluigi.spagnolo@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

CNR-IFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fotonica e Nanotecnologia

Rice University -Houston (USA)

Shanxi University (China)

OKSI System Inc. (USA)

Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)

CNR-INO Istituto Nazionale di Ottica

Pendar Technologies (USA)

Statek Co. (USA)

MASMEC Spa

Centro Ricerche Fiat

University du Cote D’Opal (France)

Cambridge University (UK)

ETH-Zurich (Swizerland)

Rutger University (USA)

Address / How to reach us

Politecnico di Bari Department of Physics -1 Floor

Hours

Monday / Friday: 9-13; 15-18

GAS sensing Lab

vincenzoluigi.spagnolo — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:00:30 +0000

GAS sensing Lab vincenzoluigi… Tue, 02/05/2019 - 11:00

Lab full name

GAS sensing lab

ERC 2nd Level Code

PE4 Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences

ERC 3rd level Code

PE4_2 Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques

Research Activities

The activities of the GAS sensing lab will be focus on the research and development of innovative optical gas sensing systems.
The detection and measurement of trace gas concentrations is of importance in a variety of applications, including environmental monitoring of greenhouse gases, disease diagnosis, industrial process control analysis, and detection of toxic and flammable gases. The GAS sensing Lab has extensive experience with the quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) technique, which uses a quartz tuning fork (QTF) as a detector for photo-acoustic signals. Using QEPAS, extremely small concentrations of potentially harmful gases (a few tens of parts per trillion) can be measured.
Leveraging this background, the GAS sensing Lab will focus its activity on the further development and implementation of novel gas sensing techniques and the realization of highly sensitive QEPAS trace-gas sensors.
The GAS sensing lab will endeavor to design and produce QTF designs, optimized for different operation conditions. These QTFs will be incorporated into jointly-designed acoustic detection modules to produce sensor prototypes for highly sensitive real-time measurements. The end goal is to provide portable solutions for in situ and real-time gas detection, leading to advancements in breath analysis, environmental monitoring, leaks detection, hydrocarbon gas sensing, and monitoring of toxic gases and explosive precursors

Department

DIF

Contact Person

Vincenzo Luigi Spagnolo

vincenzoluigi.spagnolo@poliba.it

Companies and Institutions

THORLABS GMBH (USA)

CNR-IFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fotonica e Nanotecnolog

Rice University -Houston (USA

Shanxi University (China)

OKSI System Inc. (USA

Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)

CNR-INO Istituto Nazionale di Ottica

Pendar Technologies (USA)

Statek Co. (USA)

MASMEC Spa

Centro Ricerche Fiat

University du Cote D’Opal (France)

Cambridge University (UK)

ETH-Zurich (Swizerland

Rutger University (USA

Services

fundamental and applied research activities related to the design, creation and testing of optical sensors based on infrared lasers (laser diodes and quantum cascade lasers) and optoacoustic resonators (quartz diaphragm resonant cells and transducers, quartz diapason photoacoustic spectroscopy) for the detection of gaseous traces of organic and inorganic compounds at concentrations up to a few parts per trillion in volume (ppt).

Address / How to reach us

Room 237-DIF Department, 2nd floor

Hours

The service is active on weekdays during normal office hours for students, external collaborators and visitors, provided that a laboratory manager is present.