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Method and capacitive sensor for counting aerosol nanoparticles

US9151724B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Institut Jozef Stefan · SI

Inventors

Maja Remskar · Grosuplje, SI
Ivan Iskra · Ilirska Bistrica, SI
Marko Virsek · Grosuplje, SI
Mark Ronald Plesko · Kirkland, US
Damjan Golob · Šmartno pri Litiji, SI

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 8, 2009
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2015/0038
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention refers to a method and capacitive sensor for counting aerosol nanoparticles in an electric way. Aerosol particles, onto which a fluid was applied in an earlier process by known methods, change the capacitance of the dielectric of the capacitor when entering its field, which causes an electric signal. The method provides for detection of aerosol particles in a wide scope of their presence in the air and is not specific for any shape or chemical composition of nanoparticles.

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