Detecting Airborne Mercury by Use of Gold Nanowires

{ntb_intro_text}Gold nanowire sensors have also been found to be useful for detecting airborne elemental mercury at concentrations on the order of parts per billion (ppb). Nanowires of a given material covering a given surface may exhibit greater sensitivity than a film of the same material, because nanowires have a greater surface area.{/ntb_intro_text}