Plasma modified epitaxial fabricated graphene on SiC for electrochemical trace detection of explosives

US10928351B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · US

Inventors

• Scott A. Trammell · Springfield, US
• Rachael L. Myers-Ward · Springfield, US
• Sandra C. Hangarter · Gaithersburg, US
• Daniel Zabetakis · Brandywine, US
• David A. Stenger · Reston, US
• David Kurt Gaskill · Alexandria, US
• Scott G. Walton · Fairfax, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N27/48
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electrochemical cell includes a working electrode in contact with an aqueous electrolyte solution, a counter electrode in contact with the aqueous electrolyte solution, and a reference electrode in contact with the aqueous electrolyte solution. The working electrode comprises a plasma modified epitaxial synthesized graphene surface fabricated on SiC.