The Advanced Nanotechnologies For Multivariate Sensor Fabrication (ANT-MUSE) project wants to facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation on issues of common interest, including international efforts to meet emerging security challenges.

Between this new challenges we can list:

• Counter-Terrorism
• Detection technologies against the terrorist threat for explosive devices and other illicit activities
• Defense against CBRN Agents
• Methods and technology regarding the protection against, diagnosing effects, detection, decontamination, destruction, disposal and containment of CBRN agents
• Environmental Security
• Security issues arising from key environmental and resource constraints, including health risks, climate change, water scarcity and increasing energy needs, which have the potential to significantly affect NATO’s planning and operations

The development of the project wants to enhance awareness on security developments, including through early warning, with a view to preventing crises. The project suggests approach for rapid identification of the chemical or biological agents involved in hazard incident using unique sensing platform RACHSEPT (RAman CHemoresistors SEnsing PlaTform), where chemoresistors facilitate virtual fingerprinting of potent xenobiotics using Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) based molecular imaging.