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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xiaoguang Yang, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Basil I. Swanson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/322 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/322 ;
Abstract
An article of manufacture is provided including a substrate having an oxide surface layer and a layer of a cyclodextrin derivative chemically bonded to said substrate, said layer of a cyclodextrin derivative adapted for the inclusion of selected compounds, e.g., nitro-containing organic compounds, therewith. Such an article can be a chemical microsensor capable of detecting a resultant mass change from inclusion of the nitro-containing organic compound.