Project description
Smarter sensor tackles hidden air pollution threat
Air pollution (both indoors and out) is a silent killer, contributing to millions of premature deaths each year. Rapid industrialisation and urban growth have only worsened the problem, with current gas-sensing technologies falling short due to poor selectivity, instability and high energy use. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the TRACE project will combine the unique gas-filtering abilities of functionalised metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with cutting-edge microfabrication. TRACE is developing a compact, energy-efficient sensor that can selectively detect CO2. The project supports global climate and health goals. What is more, it strengthens the researcher’s path towards leading innovations in sensing and purification chemistry.
Objective
Rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in escalated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and other toxic gas levels, contributing to ambient and household air pollution. Aligned with the United Nations SDG-3 (good health and wellbeing), SDG-3.9 (substantial reduction in deaths and illnesses from air pollution) and EUMission: adaptation to climate change, developing efficient gas sensors to monitor indoor as well as outdoor air quality is a global priority. Current technologies including spectral, chemical and electrochemical sensors suffer from poor selectivity, long-term stability and high-energy footprints. These pitfalls foster the search for alternative energy-efficient sensing techniques that offer a robust and universal gas detection mechanism with long-durability. Development of underexplored functionalized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and derived sensory-platforms have the potential to provide a better solution for efficient monitoring of atmospheric CO2 levels via sustainable adsorption/desorption cycles. By bridging the differential gas diffusion properties in MOF pores and emerging microfabrication technique, the TRACE project will develop a new sensing methodology and fabricate a novel micro-sensor device for selective gas sensing. Via a novel temperature-step approach to realize out-of-equilibrium conditions will lead to benchmark CO2 detection, stemming from kinetic selectivity of the sensor. The TRACE project bridges the candidate's strong background in porous materials with the host group's extensive experience in microfabrication, making it a feasible undertaking. Long-term career goal set at being a world leader in Sensing and Purification Chemistry, this fellowship will be decisive for me to achieve academic independence, aided by research career startup grants leading to tenure track professorships within EU.
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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3000 Leuven
Belgium
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