SenseOCEAN draws together world leading marine sensor developers to create a highly integrated multifunction and cost-effective in situ marine biogeochemical sensor system. The marine environment plays an essential role in the earth’s climate as well as providing resources, recreational opportunities and acting as a vital transportation route. However, the inherent vastness of the oceans means that our ability to monitor the health of this important system remains limited.

This project will provide a quantum leap in the ability to measure crucial biogeochemical parameters. Innovations will be combined with state of the art sensor technology to produce a modular sensor system that can be deployed on many platforms. Prototypes will be optimised for scale-up and commercialisation.

These will be tested and demonstrated on profiling floats, deep-sea observatories, autonomous underwater vehicles, and fishing vessels. Ultimately the developed sensors will be launched as commercially available products.

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PI: Dr Carla Sands
Email: carla.sands at noc.ac.uk

Dates
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Funding

European Union

Aim

Project objectives

  • Develop a suite of novel high performance analytical technologies to measure biogeochemical parameters, which are suitable for use in small low cost sensors that can be mass-produced.
  • Develop at, or near market, sensor packages for the marine and wider environmental industries.
  • Develop common core technologies for use on all sensors.
  • Ensure the seamless integration of all developed sensors in respect to mechanical setup and electronic interfaces.
  • Design and adaptation for manufacturing and market
  • Detailed testing of the sensor technology and integrated sensor suites.
  • Design production systems (including tooling where necessary) for large numbers (1000s) of sensors.
  • Demonstration of developed sensor packages on multiple platforms in a wide range of environments

The SenseOCEAN project has made many technological advances during the last years—a few of the major highlights (updated 13th November 2017) are shown in the flyer, and more information is available in the brochure.

Peer Reviewed Papers

Clinton-Bailey, G. S., Grand, M. M., Beaton, A. D., Nightingale, A., Slavik, G., Mowlem, M. C., Connelly, D. P. (2017) A lab-on-chip analyzer for in situ measurement of soluble reactive phosphate: improved phosphate blue assay and application to fluvial monitoring. Environ. Sci. Technol. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01581

Grand, M. M., Clinton-Bailey, G. S., Beaton, A. D., Schaap, A. M., Johengen, T. H., Tamburri, M., Connelly, D. P., Mowlem, M. C., Achterberg, E. P. (2017) A Lab-On-Chip Analyzer for Long-Term in Situ Monitoring at Fixed Observatories: Optimization and Performance Evaluation in Estuarine and Oligotrophic Coastal Waters. Front. Mar. Sci. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00255

Fritzsche, E., Gruber, P., Schutting, S., Fischer, J.P., Strobl, M., Müller, J. D., Borisov, S. M., Klimant, I. (2017) Highly sensitive poisoning-resistant optical carbon dioxide sensors for environmental monitoring. Analytical Methods 9 (1), 55-65 doi:10.1039/c6ay02949c

Lochman, L., Zimcik, P., Klimant, I., Novakova, V., Borisov, S. M. (2017) Red-emitting CO2 sensors with tunable dynamic range based on pH-sensitive azaphthalocyanine indicators. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 246, 1100-1107 doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.10.135

Strobl, M., Walcher, A., Mayr, T., Klimant, I., Borisov, S.M. (2017) Trace Ammonia Sensors Based on Fluorescent Near-Infrared-Emitting aza-BODIPY Dyes. Analytical Chemistry 89 (5), 2859-2865 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04045

Müller, B., Rappitsch, T., Staudinger, C., Rüschitz, C., Borisov, S. M., Klimant, I. (2017) Sodium-Selective Fluoroionophore-based Optodes for Seawater Salinity Measurement. Analytical Chemistry doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01373

Strobl, M., Mayr, T., Klimant, I., Borisov, S.M. (2017) Photostable upconverting and downconverting pH sensors based on combination of a colorimetric NIR indicator and stable inorganic phosphors as secondary emitters. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 245, 972-979 doi:10.1016/j.snb.2017.01.189

McQuillan, J. S., Hopper, D.j., Magiopoulos, I., Arundell, M., Brown, R., Shorter, S., Mowlem, M. C., Pascal, R. W., Connelly, D. (2016) Buzz off! An evaluation of ultrasonic acoustic vibration for the disruption of marine micro-organisms on sensor-housing materials. Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 63 (6), 393-399 doi:10.1111/lam.12671

Barus, C., Romanytsia, I., Striebig, N., Garçon, V. (2016) Toward an in situ phosphate sensor in seawater using Square Wave Voltammetry. Talanta doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2016.07.057

Rérolle, V., Ruiz-Pino, D., Rafizadeh, M., Loucaides, S., Papadimitriou, S., Mowlem, M., Chen, J. (2016) Measuring pH in the Arctic Ocean: Colorimetric method or SeaFET? Methods Oceanogr., 17, 32-49 doi:10.1016/j.mio.2016.05.006

Moßhammer, M., Strobl, M., Kühl, M., Klimant, I., Borisov, S. M., Klaus, K. (2016) Design and Application of an Optical Sensor for Simultaneous Imaging of pH and Dissolved O2 with Low Cross-Talk. ACS Sens., 1 (6), 681–687 doi:10.1021/acssensors.6b00071

Nightingale, A. M., Beaton, A. D., Mowlem, M. C. (2015) Trends in microfluidic systems for in situ chemical analysis of natural waters. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 221, 1398-1405 doi:10.1016/j.snb.2015.07.091

Nielsen, M., Larsen, L.H., Ottosen, L.D.M., Revsbech, N.P. (2015) Hydrogen microsensors withhydrogen sulfide traps. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 215, 1-8 doi:10.1016/j.snb.2015.03.035

Aguilar, D., Barus, C., Giraud, W., Calas, E., Vanhove, E., Laborde, A., Launay, J., Temple-Boyer, P., Striebig, N., Armengaud, M., Garçon, V. (2015) Silicon-based electrochemical microdevices for silicate detection in seawater. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 211, 116-124 doi:10.1016/j.snb.2015.01.066

Schutting, S., Jokic, T., Strobl, M., Borisov, S. M., de Beer, D., Klimant, I. (2015) NIR optical carbon dioxide sensors based on highly photostable dihydroxy-aza-BODIPY dyes. J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 5474-5483 doi:10.1039/C5TC00346F

Staudinger, C.; Borisov, S. M. (2015) Long-Wavelength Analyte-Sensitive Luminescent Probes and Optical (Bio)sensors. Methods Appl. Fluoresc. 3 (4), 42005 doi: 10.1088/2050-6120/3/4/042005

Aigner, D., Freunberger, S. A., Wilkening, M., Saf, R., Borisov, S.M., I. (2014) Enhancing Photoinduced Electron Transfer Efficiency of Fluorescent pH-Probes with Halogenated Phenols. Anal. Chem., 86 (18), 9293–9300 doi:10.1021/ac502513g

 

Deliverables

D7.8 Policy Document Sensor Development for the Ocean of Tomorrow

A joint deliverable produced by the SenseOCEAN, COMMONSENSE, SCHeMA and NeXOS projects.