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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:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Applicants:
Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia, Genoa, IT;
Inail—istituto Nazionale Per L'assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni Sul Lavoro, Rome, IT;
Inventors:
Athanasia Athanasiou, Genoa, IT;
Fabio Boccuni, Monte Porzio Catone, IT;
Sergio Iavicoli, Monte Porzio Catone, IT;
Paraskevi Papadopoulou, Genoa, IT;
Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/6489 (2013.01); G01N 21/643 (2013.01); G01N 21/94 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6432 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for detecting silica nanoparticles and/or graphene nanoplatelets in samples of various kinds, which may be solid surfaces, air or gas streams, or liquids suspected of being contaminated. The method is based on the use of a sensor having a photoluminescent substrate for the presence of carbon dots deposited thereon.