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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventors:
Goutam Koley, Anderson, SC (US);
Ifat Jahangir, West Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/128 (2013.01); G01N 27/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Microcantilevers and systems incorporating the microcantilevers are described that can be utilized to perform selective detection of VOCs. The systems can detect VOCs at temperatures below the auto-ignition temperature of the VOCs and the microcantilevers need not be functionalized with any reactive groups particularly designed for the VOCs to be detected. The microcantilevers are triangular microcantilevers that can be formed of high bandgap semiconductors such as AlGaN/GaN heterojunction semiconductors.