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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, DE;
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Robert H. Blick, Hamburg, DE;
Jonathan Rodriguez, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Hyunseok Kim, Madison, WI (US);
Zlatan Aksamija, Hadley, MA (US);
Wolfgang Hansen, Hamburg, DE;
Christian Heyn, Lueneburg, DE;
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, DE;
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A detector suitable for mass spectroscopy uses a thin membrane that converts the kinetic energy of impinging molecules into corresponding photons, the latter detected with a suitable photosensor. The arrival of molecules at the membrane is detected by detection of the corresponding photons.