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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Applicants:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Akos Vertes, Reston, VA (US);
Bennett N. Walker, Washington, DC (US);
Jessica A. Stolee, Washington, DC (US);
Scott T. Retterer, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignees:
The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/483 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6851 (2013.01); G01N 33/4833 (2013.01); H01J 49/0418 (2013.01); G01N 33/6848 (2013.01); H01J 49/0031 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
The production and use of semiconducting nanopost arrays made by nanofabrication is described herein. These nanopost arrays (NAPA) provide improved laser ionization yields and controllable fragmentation with switching or modulation capabilities for mass spectrometric detection and identification of samples deposited on them.