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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Applicants:
Zhiyong LI, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ivan Naumov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Farzad Parvaresh, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhiyong Li, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ivan Naumov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Farzad Parvaresh, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/44 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/65 (2013.01); B05D 3/007 (2013.01); G01N 21/658 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for use in sensing applications includes a substrate and a plurality of clusters arranged in an aperiodic configuration on the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of clusters is formed of a plurality of Raman-active material nano-particles, and wherein each of the Raman-active material nano-particles is positioned in a substantially ordered configuration with respect to each other in each of the respective plurality of clusters.