ORNL technology puts Knoxville company in remediation fast lane

  Slow and expensive commercial laboratory tests of water or soil may become obsolete because of a new instrument developed by researchers in ORNL's Life Sciences Division and licensed to Environmental Systems Corporation. The Knoxville company has purchased the commercial rights to the technology to be used in the Luminoscope, a field-portable instrument designed to detect, measure, and monitor levels of gasoline, oil, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides down to parts per million levels in soil or in water. The instrument fits inside a suitcase-size carrying case and has a battery pack. A laptop computer provides instrument control, data analysis, spectral display and data storage.

Technical contact: Tuan Vo-Dinh
Phone: 574-6249
E-mail: vodinht@ornl.gov