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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:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Ayrat Gizzatov, Cambridge, MA (US);

Mohammed R. Kawelah, Cambridge, MA (US);

Martin E. Poitzsch, Cambridge, MA (US);

Wei Wang, Cambridge, MA (US);

Amr I. Abdel-Fattah, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/22 (2006.01); C23C 14/02 (2006.01); G01B 15/08 (2006.01); G01N 23/2251 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/221 (2013.01); C23C 14/024 (2013.01); G01B 15/08 (2013.01); G01N 23/2251 (2013.01); G01N 2223/07 (2013.01); G01N 2223/40 (2013.01); G01N 2223/507 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one or more embodiments, a method of growing crystals on a QCM sensor may include treating a crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor with a coupling agent, applying a cation stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor, and applying an anion stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor. The crystals forming a crystal layer may have an average thickness greater than 5 nanometers. According to one or more embodiments, a QCM sensor may include a crystal layer on a crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor, where the crystal layer is formed by a process including treating the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor with a coupling agent, applying a cation stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor, and applying an anion stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor.


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