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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2022
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Xue Zhen, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steven J. Koester, Edina, MN (US);
Justin Theodore Nelson, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include chemical sensors, devices and systems including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a medical device is provided. The medical device can include a graphene varactor, including a graphene layer and a self-assembled monolayer disposed on an outer surface of the graphene layer through electrostatic interactions between a partial positive charge on hydrogen atoms of one or more hydrocarbons of the self-assembled monolayer and a π-electron system of graphene. The self-assembled monolayer can include one or more substituted porphyrins or substituted metalloporphyrins, or derivatives thereof. Other embodiments are also included herein.