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Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2014
Applicant:

National University of Singapore, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Barbaros Ozyilmaz, Singapore, SG;

Eeshan Sandeep Kulkarni, Singapore, SG;

Sascha Pierre Heussler, Singapore, SG;

Antonio Helio Castro Neto, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/34 (2006.01); G01J 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/34 (2013.01); G01J 5/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

Graphene and ferroelectric materials are used as tunable sensors for detecting and measuring radiation, such as infrared radiation. The low absorption and reflectance of graphene and interconnected graphene networks, for example in the infrared, are exploited for use in such tunable sensors. The active layer makes use of a unique property of ferroelectric materials, known as the pyroelectric effect, for measuring the intensity of impinging radiation. Using graphene electrodes may offer a significant increase in sensitivity, tunability and mechanical flexibility of sensors, such as infrared sensors. In one method, intensity of radiation is measured using variations in the doping level of the graphene electrode.


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