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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2017
Applicant:
University of Surrey, Surrey, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/414 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/4141 (2013.01); G01N 27/4146 (2013.01); G01N 33/0047 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a gas detector for detecting a volatile organic compound (VOC) gas. The gas detector comprises at least one transducer comprising at least one nanowire comprising an arene compound to capture a VOC gas. An electronic characteristic of the transducer changes when a VOC gas is captured by the arene compound. The present invention also provides a mobile device; a nanowire; a nanowire matrix; a transducer; a use of a gas detector; a method of detecting a VOC gas; and a method of manufacturing a gas detector.