Patent · US Expired

Diamond or diamond like carbon coated chemical sensors and a method of making same

US6320295A · kind A · utility

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Inventors

Robert Andrew McGill · Lorton, US
Paul Christopher Dorsey · Los Altos, US
Douglas B. Chrisey · Bowie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 1998
Grant date	Nov 20, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/42
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A water vapor insensitive and corrosion resistant chemical or biochemical sensor device, including a transducer, coated with a protective coating of diamond or a diamond-like carbon, preferably by a pulsed laser deposition technique. The surface of the protective coating is coated with a chemoselective or bioselective absorption material or film.

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