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Ethera: pollutant trapping sensors

Certified by Lyonbiopole and supported by France’s Single Interministerial Fund (FUI), the Covadis project led by Ethera, a small Grenoble firm, in partnership with bioMerieux, Pleiades Technologies, CEA-Leti and the Francis Perrin laboratory, has led to the development of single colorimetric sensors based on an original technology using nanoporous materials. Acting in much the same way as a sponge, the sensors can trap pollutants thanks to their specific molecules. They can be used for tests in two fields of importance to human health, monitoring air quality inside buildings and detecting diseases by analysis of patients’ breath. Ethera was launched last March and is based at Minatec, exploiting technology protected by five patents. A small fabrication unit is scheduled to come online in Grenoble in 2012 or 2013.