SmartSelect combines controlled sampling, molecular selectivity, sensor integration, measurement intelligence and system integration. It enables industrial partners to add reliable, application-specific chemical sensing to their products and processes.
The market gap
Laboratory instruments provide high-quality measurements but are difficult to embed into distributed products and workflows. Individual sensors are compact and scalable, but they are only one part of the solution. SmartSelect closes the gap.
Lab-grade selectivity and sensitivity — but the sample has to travel to the instrument.
Compact, low-cost and scalable — but a component, not a measurement.
Conceptual system illustrationModular lab-grade specificity and sensitivity, outside the lab.
Where Alivion fits
Alivion provides the SmartSelect sensing platform and works with OEM partners to turn it into application-specific products. Alivion builds the sensing; the partner brings it to market.
Alivion applies SmartSelect to the specific measurement challenge and validates the technical path together with the partner.
Alivion configures the SmartSelect modules into an application-specific sensing system, based on the partner’s use case and product requirements.
The sensing system is integrated into the partner’s product, platform or workflow.
The partner owns the resulting product and customer relationship and leads commercialization and scaling.
Commercial structure: Engagements typically progress from paid feasibility and integration work to platform licensing and deployment-linked royalties.
When SmartSelect is relevant
The strongest applications combine a meaningful measurement problem with a clear product or process owner and a practical route to deployment.
Bring high-quality chemical analysis directly into production processes, field workflows, medical devices, industrial systems or distributed products.
Distinguish the target molecule from interferents and maintain dependable performance in changing real-world samples and environments.
Configure the complete sensing system to fit the partner’s product architecture, process, data interfaces and operating environment.
What partners gain
Partners build on SmartSelect instead of developing the full chemical sensing stack internally—while retaining ownership of the final product, customer experience and route to market.
Add chemical information that standard sensor components alone cannot deliver reliably.
Move from a defined measurement need to a working system using reusable platform modules and proven application know-how.
Build on a validated, patent-protected platform instead of an internal development from scratch.
Compact, manufacturable sensing that scales with the partner's product volumes and market channels.
SmartSelect platform
Configured for each application, the modules work together as one complete chain—from the right sample to trusted insights inside the partner's platform.
Delivers the right gas or headspace sample reproducibly and controls the flow and operating conditions required by the measurement.
Micro-GC-enabled molecular identification distinguishes the target molecule from interferents in complex real-world samples.
Selects, integrates and operates the optimal sensor for the application, including its electrical interface and readout.
Turns sensor signals into usable results through calibration, signal interpretation, environmental correction and quality checks.
Builds the measurement method into the partner's platform, product workflow and data interface—ready to perform.
Evidence
SmartSelect builds on years of scientific development, validated products and real-world deployment. Explore the evidence behind the platform.
SmartSelect builds on more than ten years of research in selective chemical sensing originating at ETH Zurich. The underlying methods have been explored across multiple target molecules and real-world applications and documented in a substantial body of peer-reviewed research.
Alivion continues to collaborate with ETH Zurich and other research partners to advance both the platform and its applications.
Peer-reviewed scientific foundation
A broad body of peer-reviewed work underpins the technologies behind SmartSelect.
SmartSelect is not only a research platform. Alivion has repeatedly translated selective sensing principles into complete devices combining controlled sampling, molecular selectivity, sensing, electronics, software and user workflows.
These systems have been evaluated with external partners and validated against laboratory reference methods across different applications and operating environments.
From sensing principles to complete products
SmartSelect has been translated into multiple application-specific measurement systems used beyond the laboratory.
Alivion systems have moved well beyond controlled laboratory settings. Devices have been deployed internationally across commercial use, research, validation and field applications.
From routine quality control to measurements on research vessels and public-health screening in the field, these deployments provide experience with different users, sample matrices and operating environments.
A global deployment footprint
Alivion systems have been deployed across more than 35 countries and six continents.
Following a successful proof of concept, Alivion has signed a commercial license agreement with a leading global provider of analytical instrumentation. Integration of an application-specific SmartSelect system into the partner’s product architecture is now underway.
This marks the transition from Alivion-developed systems to SmartSelect technology integrated into industrial partner products.
01 Proof of conceptCOMPLETED
Technical feasibility and measurement performance demonstrated for the target application.
02 License agreementSIGNED
A commercial framework established for integrating and bringing the technology to market.
03 Product integrationUnderway
The SmartSelect-based measurement system is being adapted to the partner’s product architecture and requirements.
04 Partner commercializationNext step
The integrated solution is intended to reach the market through the partner’s established product and commercial channels.
Explore how our SmartSelect sensing platform can support your application.
Every application is different. Tell us what you need to measure, which sample you work with and what matters most to you. Together, we’ll explore what’s possible and where our solution can help.
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