Frontier trace gas sensors addressing industrial challenges for environment, health, safety and security is a new Demo Centre organised by CNR-INO on September 8, as part of the PhotonHub Europe project.
Gas monitoring (industrial, medical, and environmental) requires sensitive, fast, and reliable measurement systems, and optical technologies can provide different effective solutions, targeted on specific applications.
Our Demo Centre offers training on different state of the art spectroscopic techniques for trace gas sensing, combining interactive tutorials with hands-on experiences.

The course will be divided into four sessions:
– Introductory tutorial on basic principles of spectroscopy and key-interest applications.
– Interactive tutorial and practical laboratory demonstration on the principles of operation of photoacoustic sensors and their applications (Demo 1).
– Interactive laboratory experience on absorption spectroscopy for monitoring and safety. It will be combined with a practical hands-on demonstration for measuring CO, CO2 and CH4 in air or breath (Demo 2).
– Interactive tutorial and hands-on training on the Saturated-absorption Cavity Ring-down (SCAR) 14C analyser, and its applications for industrial purposes (Demo 3).

The course targets a broad audience with an eye on companies potentially interested in the exploitation of spectroscopic gas sensing solutions for industrial applications in different fields, such as health diagnostics, environmental monitoring and security surveillance. A background in spectroscopic methods is not essential, although it might be advantageous.
In the morning, the course will be held at the CNR-INO laboratories in Florence while the afternoon will be spent at Sesto Fiorentino laboratories. The transfer is included in the service.
The registration fee is € 200, reduced to € 150 for early bird registrations until the 8th of August 2025.

Deadline for registration: August 28, 2025

Locations:
Largo E. Fermi 6, Florence
SCAR Lab, Viale L. Ariosto 492/B, Sesto Fiorentino

Contacts:
daniela.selisca@ino.cnr.it
tecla.gabbrielli@ino.cnr.it

Learn more about the institute’s activities at: https://www.ino.cnr.it/