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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:

The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Braden C. Giordano, Reston, VA (US);

Pehr E. Pehrsson, Fairfax Station, VA (US);

Kevin J. Johnson, Alexandria, VA (US);

Daniel Ratchford, Alexandria, VA (US);

Christopher Field, Arlington, VA (US);

Junghoon Yeom, Okemos, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); H01L 29/45 (2006.01); G01N 27/414 (2006.01); G01N 27/12 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); G01R 1/067 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); G01N 27/124 (2013.01); G01N 27/127 (2013.01); G01N 27/4146 (2013.01); H01L 29/0665 (2013.01); H01L 29/0676 (2013.01); H01L 29/456 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); G01R 1/06744 (2013.01); H01L 2924/00 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of providing a structure having two electrodes connected by nanowires, exposing the structure to an analyte that can adsorb onto the nanowires, and passing an electrical current through the nanowires to heat the nanowires to desorb the analyte. Also disclosed herein is an apparatus having the above structure; a current source electrically connected to the electrodes, and a detector to detect the analyte.


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