Patent ID: 8597579

Claim:
A system for sensing an air or solution borne threat material within a sample of ambient air or solution, said system comprising: a trapping solution; a delivery device transporting said trapping solution; a denuder fluidically connected to said delivery device to receive said trapping solution and be in contact with said trapping solution and contacting ambient air, wherein said denuder infuses said sample into said trapping solution; a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) sensor disposed within a collection container and operatively connected to said denuder, wherein said MIP sensor captures and detects said threat material in said sample infused into said trapping solution; an excitation source operatively connected to said MIP sensor and having an excitation band, wherein said excitation band excites said threat material providing unique emission band(s); and an analytical device operatively connected to said MIP sensor, wherein said analytical device senses the presence of said threat material in said sample.