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Title: Sensors and devices containing ultra-small nanowire arrays

Abstract

A network of nanowires may be used for a sensor. The nanowires are metallic, each nanowire has a thickness of at most 20 nm, and each nanowire has a width of at most 20 nm. The sensor may include nanowires comprising Pd, and the sensor may sense a change in hydrogen concentration from 0 to 100%. A device may include the hydrogen sensor, such as a vehicle, a fuel cell, a hydrogen storage tank, a facility for manufacturing steel, or a facility for refining petroleum products.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1351072
Patent Number(s):
9618494
Application Number:
14/482,581
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22C - ALLOYS
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-06ER46334
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Sep 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Xiao, Zhili. Sensors and devices containing ultra-small nanowire arrays. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Xiao, Zhili. Sensors and devices containing ultra-small nanowire arrays. United States.
Xiao, Zhili. Tue . "Sensors and devices containing ultra-small nanowire arrays". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1351072.
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