SmartNanotubes Technologies

SmartNanotubes Technologies has developed the world's first micro-power multi-channel gas detector chip called "Smell iX16" for the mass market. This chip operates on the principle of an electronic nose, similar to the array of receptors in the human nose. The Smell iX16 contains fine-tuned nanomaterials as the sensor elements, capable of detecting gases in the parts per billion range with 100 times greater sensitivity than other technologies.

The chip can detect various gases, including ammonia, nitrogen monoxide, phosphine, carbon dioxide, water vapor, ethanol, acetone, toluene, and isopropanol, as well as scents like chocolate, wine, vodka, tea, coffee, onions, bananas, meat, and fish. These capabilities make Smell iX16 suitable for environmental and security applications, home and industrial safety, wearables, and IoT lifestyle products.

SmartNanotubes Technologies' carbon nanotube-based sensor chips are highly sensitive, energy-efficient, compact, and low-cost, setting them apart from current gas sensor arrays, which are expensive, large, and characterized by low sensitivity and high power consumption. The company's technology represents a game-changer in the gas sensor market, as its chips can measure multiple gases simultaneously, while most existing technologies can only detect one gas at a time.

In addition to the Smell iX16 chip, the company offers the "Smell Inspector" developer kit, which includes the AI-based "Smell Annotator" software for real-time smell recognition and standard electronic interfaces for communication with host devices. The Smell Annotator software allows the capture of raw sensor output for custom applications and compares the detected odor patterns against a database of known scent patterns using an artificial intelligence algorithm.