Cargo inspection apparatus having a nanoparticle film and method of use thereof
US7133129B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2001/022
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cargo inspection apparatus for the inspection of an analyte carried by a medium is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having an inlet allowing for entry of the medium and an outlet allowing for exit of the medium, and an adsorber disposed within the housing in fluid communication with the medium flow from the inlet to the outlet, the adsorber includes a substrate having disposed thereon a nanoparticle film. The nanoparticle film has nanoparticles having an average particle size of equal to or less than about 500 nanometers.
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