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Method and apparatus for detecting an analyte

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1032639
We describe the use of coordination polymers (CP) as coatings on microcantilevers for the detection of chemical analytes. CP exhibit changes in unit cell parameters upon adsorption of analytes, which will induce a stress in a static microcantilever upon which a CP layer is deposited. We also describe fabrication methods for depositing CP layers on surfaces.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000;
Assignee:
SNL
Patent Number(s):
8,065,904
Application Number:
12/137,635
OSTI ID:
1032639
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (9)

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Self-excited piezoelectric microcantilever for gas detection journal August 2003
A chemical sensor based on a microfabricated cantilever array with simultaneous resonance-frequency and bending readout journal June 2001
Zeolite-modified microcantilever gas sensor for indoor air quality control journal October 2003
Metallo-organic molecular sieve for gas separation and purification journal September 2002
Flexible microporous coordination polymers journal August 2005
Microcantilevers:  Sensing Chemical Interactions via Mechanical Motion journal February 2008
Guest Shape-Responsive Fitting of Porous Coordination Polymer with Shrinkable Framework journal November 2004
Molecular Simulation of Carbon Dioxide/Methane/Hydrogen Mixture Adsorption in Metal−Organic Frameworks journal September 2006

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