Nanoscale sensors with nanoporous material

US9360509B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of Boston College · US

Inventors

• Michael J. Naughton · Norwood, US
• Dong Cai · Newton, US
• Binod Rizal · Watertown, US
• Thomas C. Chiles · Norfolk, US
• Huaizhou Zhao · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49124
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A nanocoaxial sensor includes an outer conductor, an inner conductor, a nanoporous dielectric material disposed between the outer and inner conductors, a nanocavity sized to allow target species to enter the nanocavity between the outer and inner conductors.