Synkera Technologies has recently released a brochure to describe the innovative technologies that form the basis of its chemical sensor offerings, including both current and future product lines
This brochure describes technologies such as Synkera's enhanced metal oxide sensor (MOS), solid-state amperometric sensor, microheater, and interdigitated microelectrodes for materials analysis.
Included in the brochure are brief descriptions of sensor technologies currently under development that will be released to the marketplace in the near future and have the potential to revolutionize chemical sensing.
Synkera is improving MOS sensor technology by adding their expertise and knowledge of nanomaterials, nanofabrication, advanced materials engineering and other fabrication techniques.
Currently Synkera offers sensors for many different gases on this platform, including detection of hydrogen (sensors for both trace and LEL amounts), ammonia, NOx, nitrogen dioxide, volatile organic compounds (or VOCs), flammable gases (eg methane, propane, pentane), nitrogen trifluoride, and hydrogen sulphide.
Synkera is also working on other sensors within this group that will be released soon.
Other sensor technologies are Synkera's patented gas microsensor platform and the unique patent pending new solid polymer electrochemical sensor technology.
The microsensor platform can be tailored by micromachining the ceramic base material to deliver any of several unique features for a microsensor on the platform.
For instance the platform can be tailored to have a microheater that reduces power to as little as one quarter of what is typically required on a chemical sensor.
It also could be tailored to substantially increase the surface area of a flat substrate that is typically used for a sensor thereby greatly enhancing the sensitivity of the sensor.
The solid-state electrochemical sensor is unique in the marketplace, offering excellent performance at a wide range of relative humidity levels.
Synkera expects to introduce the first sensor from this technology within a few months.
The brochure briefly describes Synkera's other sensor technologies including a high performance humidity sensor, sensor arrays, and electronic modules that will support the operation of these unique sensors.
Also included is a description of Synkera's unique interdigitated electrode substrate.
These electrodes are ceramic based, extremely durable and capable of service up to very high temperatures, and have been used for characterisation of a wide variety of materials.
