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Title: Tailored nanopost arrays (NAPA) for laser desorption ionization in mass spectrometry

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1771558

The production and use of semiconducting nanopost arrays made by nanofabrication is described herein. These nanopost arrays (NAPA) provide improved laser ionization yields and controllable fragmentation with switching or modulation capabilities for mass spectrometric detection and identification of samples deposited on them.

Research Organization:
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States); UT-Battelle LLC/ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-01ER15129
Assignee:
The George Washington University (Washington, DC); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
10,816,556
Application Number:
16/813,490
OSTI ID:
1771558
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/09/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Fabricating high-aspect-ratio sub-diffraction-limit structures on silicon with two-photon photopolymerization and reactive ion etching journal December 2004