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August 18, 2008
Sionex DMS technology highlighted in Defense News August 18, 2008, TechWatch article: "Sniffing Out Bombs From a Distance."
The U.S. Army hopes a relatively new technology called differential mobility spectrometry can be built into small, rugged sensors and used to detect the nefarious roadside bombs that cause so many casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.

February 1, 2008
On-Site Trace Chemical Detection, Part 2: IMS and DMS Working Together
Last month we discussed how IMS and DMS are used for trace chemical detection. Now we consider how the two technologies can be used in tandem to achieve greater selectivity and sensitivity and fewer false positives.

January 1, 2008
On-Site Trace Chemical Detection, Part 1: Understanding Ion Mobility and Differential Ion Mobility Spectroscopy
The first installment of this two-part series discusses ion mobility spectroscopy (IMS), the leading contender for fast and reliable detection of trace chemicals, and differential ion mobility spectroscopy (DMS), a related technology that provides faster, smaller and more sensitive sensors capable of detecting chemicals in environments with greater concentrations of interfering substances.

November 8, 2007
From security to diagnoses, sensor chip pays off
Sionex, which was founded in 2001 and now has 24 employees, has recorded revenues of $3 million to $5 million for each of the last three years, he said. Now things are starting to accelerate as more products are going into production.