Instrumental sensing of trace volatiles-a new promising tool for detecting the presence of entrapped or hidden people.

摘要: There is a growing demand for rapid analytical systems to detect the presence of humans who are either entrapped as result disaster or, in particular, hidden, case smuggling or trafficking. The trafficking and people Europe have reached epidemic proportions recent years. This does not only put major strain on European resources, but puts at risk health lives being trafficked smuggled. In this context, early detection interception smuggled/trafficked particular importance terms saving migrants from life-threatening situations. Similarly, location crucial urban search rescue (USaR) operations organized after natural man-made disasters. Since duration entrapment determines survivability victims, each novel detecting tool could considerably improve effectiveness hence potentially save lives. Chemical analysis aiming using volatile chemical fingerprint typical hidden has huge potential become an extremely powerful technology context. Interestingly, until now approach received little attention, despite fact that trained dogs been used decades buried through scent. article we review current status techniques operations, discuss challenges future directions. As practical implementation idea, describe prototype portable device use employs ion mobility spectrometry sensor array recognition signature humans.