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Researchers report Quantum-limit-approaching Chemical Sensing Chip

An illustration of the chip. A gloved hand holds a thin gold film which is struck by a beam of red light. An inset shows the chemical element abbreviations for gold and silver and the particles illuminated by the light.
The chip, which also may have uses in food safety monitoring, anti-counterfeiting and other fields where trace chemicals are analyzed. Credit: Huaxiu Chen, University at Buffalo.

Study shows improvements to chemical sensing chip that aims to quickly and accurately identify drugs and other trace chemicals. University at Buffalo researchers are reporting an advancement of a chemical sensing chip that could lead to handheld devices that detect trace chemicals — everything from illicit drugs to pollution — as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol.

The chip, which also may have uses in food safety monitoring, anti-counterfeiting and other fields where trace chemicals are analyzed, is described in a study that appears on the cover of the Dec...

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