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PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY Described herein are novel devices for the study of transport characteristics of complex or simple fluids, interactions among molecules in suspension, interactions between molecules in suspension and wall-bound molecules, and biochemical sensing devices made of reservoirs for fluid containment linked by a nanotubes....

Published: 8/12/2024 | Inventor(s): Yury Gogotsi, Byong Man Kim, Michael Riegelman, Haim Bao

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Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Research Tools & Materials, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Nanomaterials, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Micro & Nanotech, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Diagnostic Tests, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Biological Sensors, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Chemical Sensors

Self-exciting, self-sensing piezoelectric cantilever sensor

PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY A piezoelectric cantilever sensor includes a piezoelectric layer and a non-piezoelectric layer, a portion of which is attached to the piezoelectric layer. In one embodiment, one end of the non-piezoelectric layer extends beyond the end of piezoelectric layer to provide an overhang. The overhang piezoelectric cantilever...

Published: 8/9/2024 | Inventor(s): Rajakkannu Mutharasan, David Maraldo, Gossett Campbell, Kishan Rijal

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Category(s): Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Diagnostic Tests, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Point of Care Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Biological Sensors, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Chemical Sensors

Enhanced detection sensitivity with piezoelectric sensors

PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY A method for enhancing the detection sensitivity of a piezoelectric microcantilever sensor. The method may involve providing a piezoelectric microcantilever and inducing a change in the Young's modulus during detection of a species of interest. The change in the Young's modulus may be induced or enhanced by the application...

Published: 7/11/2024 | Inventor(s): Wan Shih, Wei-Heng Shih, Qing Zhu

Keywords(s): Ceramic Sensors, In-vitro diagnostics

Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Diagnostic Tests, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Point of Care Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Biological Sensors, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Chemical Sensors

Asymmetric Sensor

PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY An asymmetric sensor having asymmetric electrodes and/or being asymmetrically anchored provides enhanced sensitivity. In example embodiments, part of the electrode on a sensor is etched or removed resulting in enhanced mass-change sensitive resonant modes. In another example embodiment, a sensor is anchored asymmetrically,...

Published: 8/12/2024 | Inventor(s): Rajakkannu Mutharasan, Ramji Lakshmanan, Harsh Sharma, Blake Johnson

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Detection of nucleic acids using a cantilever sensor

PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY Detection of miniscule amounts of nucleic acid is accomplished via binding of target nucleic acid to probe material, composed of nucleic acid, which is bound to a sensor configured to sense mass. The sensor is prepared by immobilizing a probe material to a surface of the sensor, wherein the probe material is known...

Published: 8/12/2024 | Inventor(s): Rajakkannu Mutharasan, Kishan Rijal, David Maraldo, Gossett Campbell

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Molecular control of surface coverage

PAGE TITLE Overview PAGE SUMMARY The concentration of a material covering a surface is controlled via an equilibrium process. Equilibrium parameters such as a concentration of the provided material, the exposure time of the material to the surface, and the surface area of an attractor applied to the surface are determined utilizing a millimeter...

Published: 8/14/2024 | Inventor(s): Rajakkannu Mutharasan, David Delesdernier, Kishan Rijal

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Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Coatings, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Diagnostic Tests, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Point of Care Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Biological Sensors, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Chemical Sensors

FLOW-BASED ENHANCEMENT OF SPECIFICITY FOR LABEL-FREE BIOCHEMICAL ASSAYS

PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY A label-free biochemical assay, in which label-free interrogation of a target-receptor layer is performed while the target-receptor layer is subjected to a relatively strong flow of an analyte-containing fluid. The volumetric flow rate for the assay is selected based on calibration data corresponding to the target substance,...

Published: 7/11/2024 | Inventor(s): Wan Shih, Wei-Heng Shih, John-Paul Mcgovern

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Lead-free piezoelectric ceramic films and a method for making thereof

PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY This invention relates to lead-free piezoelectric ceramic films and a method of making thereof. Specifically, the invention is directed to a method for fabricating lead-free piezoelectric free standing films having enhanced piezoelectric properties. The films may be used for a number of applications including incorporation...

Published: 7/11/2024 | Inventor(s): Wei-Heng Shih, Wan Shih, Huidong Li

Keywords(s): Ceramic Sensors

Category(s): Materials & Chemicals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Ceramics, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Chemicals and Processes, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Electronic/Conductive, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Diagnostic Tests, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Point of Care Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Biological Sensors, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Chemical Sensors

Specificity and sensitivity enhancement in cantilever sensing

PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The invention is directed to a sensor system including at least one sensor and target specific receptors bound substrates for purposes of enhancing detection sensitivity. Optionally, the sensor system may include quantum dots for independently verifying the presence of a target molecule or compound. The sensor system may...

Published: 7/11/2024 | Inventor(s): Wei-Heng Shih, Wan Shih

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Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Materials & Chemicals, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Coatings, Materials & Chemicals > M-C: Electronic/Conductive, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Diagnostic Tests, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Point of Care Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Biological Sensors, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Chemical Sensors

Deception detection and query methodology for determining deception via neuroimaging

PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARYFunctional near-infrared (fNIR) neuroimaging is used to assess credibility, detect deception, and implement a query methodology for determining deception via neuroimaging. Oxygenation levels of portions of the brain are imaged via fNIR spectroscopy and utilized to determine if the subject is telling a lie or a truth. In...

Published: 7/11/2024 | Inventor(s): Kurtulus Izzetoglu, Meltem Izzetoglu, Kambiz Pourrezaei, Banu Onaral, Ajit Devaraj, Scott Bunce

Keywords(s): Military, NIR - near infrared, Non-invasive

Category(s): Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors, Computing, Software, Analytics & Information Technology, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Functional Near Infrared Imaging, Hardware, Circuits & Sensors > Hardware: Biological Sensors, Computing, Software, Analytics & Information Technology > Computing: Signal Processing

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