N5 Sensors

N5 Sensors, Inc. of Rockville, MD, is developing a new-generation of chemical sensors that can detect harmful chemicals mixed in air in very small quantities, such as industrial chemicals, automobile exhausts, cigarette smoke, and pollutants released from paints, cleaners, pesticides, and other products. The company's patent-pending technology produces sensors that are microscale, ultra-sensitive, and highly selective. These new sensors, built using the same fabrication processes that are commonly used for silicon computer chips, are small and accurate with capability to detect multiple gases at the same time.