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Title: Cantilevered probe detector with piezoelectric element

Abstract

A disclosed chemical detection system for detecting a target material, such as an explosive material, can include a cantilevered probe, a probe heater coupled to the cantilevered probe, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the cantilevered probe. The piezoelectric element can be configured as a detector and/or an actuator. Detection can include, for example, detecting a movement of the cantilevered probe or a property of the cantilevered probe. The movement or a change in the property of the cantilevered probe can occur, for example, by adsorption of the target material, desorption of the target material, reaction of the target material and/or phase change of the target material. Examples of detectable movements and properties include temperature shifts, impedance shifts, and resonant frequency shifts of the cantilevered probe. The overall chemical detection system can be incorporated, for example, into a handheld explosive material detection system.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1083267
Patent Number(s):
8434160
Application Number:
13/539,604
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada (Reno, NV)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Adams, Jesse D, Sulchek, Todd A, and Feigin, Stuart C. Cantilevered probe detector with piezoelectric element. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Adams, Jesse D, Sulchek, Todd A, & Feigin, Stuart C. Cantilevered probe detector with piezoelectric element. United States.
Adams, Jesse D, Sulchek, Todd A, and Feigin, Stuart C. Tue . "Cantilevered probe detector with piezoelectric element". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1083267.
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