The Naval Research Laboratory has developed a tool - chip-based CE - with demonstrated capabilities for food and beverage analysis. Conventional chemistry is used in a highly miniaturized, "lab-on-a-chip" environment to detect sodium monofluoroacetate (a rodent poison) and various poisonous alkaloids, such as nicotine, strychnine, and aconitine, in beverages.
Additionally, this tool is being advanced for Navy use in the detection of explosives and other biological toxins in a liquid environment.
The tool is faster than other non-chip-based methods and is potentially portable. Applications include toxin testing in the manufacturing and analysis of foods and beverages, as well as explosive and other biological agent detection in a liquid environment.
NRL is seeking CRADA partners for the continued refinement of this technology.
For further information, contact the Technology Transfer Office at the Naval Research Laboratory, techtran@utopia.nrl.navy.mil.
