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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicants:
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (US);
Solomon Ssenyange, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Prabir Dutta, Worthington, OH (US);
Suvra Mondal, West Bengal, IN;
Solomon Ssenyange, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/04 (2006.01); G01N 27/12 (2006.01); G01N 33/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/04 (2013.01); G01N 27/129 (2013.01); G01N 33/497 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for discriminating among volatile compounds is provided using a semiconductor junction structure or sensor device. Sensor devices of the present disclosure employ a combination of hole carriers (p-type) and electron carriers (n-type) metal oxides deposited, for example, on a gold microspring array designed so that it has several leads that are at different distances from each other.