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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Applicants:
Peter Kofinas, North Bethesda, MD (US);
Omar B. Ayyub, Potomac, MD (US);
Jennifer W. Sekowski, Aberdeen, MD (US);
Ta-i Yang, Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Peter Kofinas, North Bethesda, MD (US);
Omar B. Ayyub, Potomac, MD (US);
Jennifer W. Sekowski, Aberdeen, MD (US);
Ta-I Yang, Taichung, TW;
Assignees:
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 226/06 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); C08F 293/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 293/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7723 (2013.01); Y10T 436/143333 (2015.01); Y10T 436/144444 (2015.01); Y10T 436/173076 (2015.01); Y10T 436/206664 (2015.01);
Abstract
A sensor system, and a method of detecting a target analyte, comprises a chemically functionalized block copolymer, and a target analyte. The block copolymer exhibits a color change in the visible spectrum upon exposure to the target analyte.