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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2010
Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Camarillo, CA (US);
Leonid Grigorian, Camarillo, CA (US);
Steven G. Colbern, Fillmore, CA (US);
Robert L. Gump, Camarillo, CA (US);
Fikret Nuri Kirkbir, Studio City, CA (US);
Sean Imtiaz Brahim, Camarillo, CA (US);
Leonid Grigorian, Camarillo, CA (US);
Steven G. Colbern, Fillmore, CA (US);
Robert L. Gump, Camarillo, CA (US);
Fikret Nuri Kirkbir, Studio City, CA (US);
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates generally to gas sensors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. The invention also relates to devices containing such gas sensors and analysis units. In preferred embodiments, the organized assemblies of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material.