Owlstone Nanotech
Owlstone develops, manufactures, and supplies advanced chemical detection solutions across various markets and applications, including security, defense, automotive, and healthcare. Their technology offers high sensitivity and selectivity for detecting a wide range of chemicals, enabling rapid and accurate measurement. They collaborate with industry leaders to integrate their innovative platform into next-generation sensing products, emphasizing safety, economy, practicality, and accuracy.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
medium (51-250)
Owlstone Nanotech
Products
Portable programmable chemical analyzer (point-of-need)
A compact, user-friendly, programmable analyzer intended for point-of-need detection and identification of VOCs, TICs and other target analytes by non-specialist operators.
Handheld/field chemical detector (defense/tactical form factor)
A handheld detection device designed for rapid airborne threat detection and the ability to update detection libraries for emergent threats.
Calibration gas generator and flow-control components
Systems and accessories for producing controlled calibration gas mixtures and for managing gas flows during instrument calibration and testing.
Portable programmable chemical analyzer (point-of-need)
A compact, user-friendly, programmable analyzer intended for point-of-need detection and identification of VOCs, TICs and other target analytes by non-specialist operators.
Handheld/field chemical detector (defense/tactical form factor)
A handheld detection device designed for rapid airborne threat detection and the ability to update detection libraries for emergent threats.
Calibration gas generator and flow-control components
Systems and accessories for producing controlled calibration gas mixtures and for managing gas flows during instrument calibration and testing.
Services
Partnership integration and co-development
Collaborative development and integration of chemical sensing technology into partner products and solutions across industrial, defense, environmental, and food sectors.
Calibration standards and gas generation supply
Supply of permeation-tube calibration standards and calibration gas generation systems for trace-level instrument calibration and validation.
Custom detection method development
Development of validated detection methods for specific analytes and sector use-cases (e.g., residual solvents, food taints, water contaminants, industrial amines).
Partnership integration and co-development
Collaborative development and integration of chemical sensing technology into partner products and solutions across industrial, defense, environmental, and food sectors.
Calibration standards and gas generation supply
Supply of permeation-tube calibration standards and calibration gas generation systems for trace-level instrument calibration and validation.
Custom detection method development
Development of validated detection methods for specific analytes and sector use-cases (e.g., residual solvents, food taints, water contaminants, industrial amines).
Expertise Areas
- Chemical sensing and trace gas analysis
- Ion mobility spectrometry and FAIMS research
- Portable and field-deployable gas analyzers
- Calibration gas standards and permeation tube methodologies
Key Technologies
- Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry (FAIMS)
- Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS)
- LC-FAIMS-MS (ion mobility coupled to liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry)
- Differential Mobility Analysis (DMA)