EU COMPAS // CO integration of Microelectronics and Photonics for Air and water Sensors, 2024-2027

The main objective of the EU-funded project “CO integration of Microelectronics and Photonics for Air and water Sensors,” is to develop a compact, inexpensive and ultrasensitive Photonic Integrated Circuits Sensing Platform (PSP) for air and water monitoring, relying on the co-integration of light source, detectors and electronic IC for on-chip signal processing.

• Key features

The scope is the development of solutions for improving the performance of photonics sensors through the optimization of technologies, design, integration and packaging of waveguide sensors. FBK is contributing to the realization of microfluidic modules for micro extraction of analytes from complex matrix and sample treatment.  Among the possible microfluidic actuation mechanisms, here, we propose a non-continuous microfluidic device such as bubble/droplet-based microfluidics technology. We study the implementation of electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) because all elementary fluidic operations (droplet dispensing, splitting, merging, transport, and mixing) can be performed by actuation electrodes without the need of moving parts such as pumps or valves.