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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
Justus C Ndukaife, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Alexandra Boltasseva, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Agbai Nnanna, Crown Point, IN (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/00 (2013.01); G02B 5/008 (2013.01); G21K 1/006 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0038 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0053 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for trapping and sensing nanoparticles using plasmonic nanopores, comprising a conductive transparent layer, a conductive film layer mounted to a substrate, the film layer comprising a plurality of nanopores for trapping nanoparticles contained in a fluid situated between the conductive transparent layer and the conductive film layer, and an electric field source connected between the transparent layer and the film layer.