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US 11,143,613 B2Granted
Chemiresistive sensors based on carbon nanotubes and transition metal complexes
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsTimothy Swager, Sibo Lin
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Abstract
A sensor can include a conductive region in electrical communication with at least two electrodes, the conductive region can include a mixture of a square-planar metal complex and a carbon nanotube.
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A method of sensing an analyte comprising:
- exposing a sensor to a sample, the sensor including:
- a conductive region in electrical communication with at least two electrodes, the conductive region including a mixture of a square-planar metal complex and a carbon nanotube;
- measuring an electrical property at the at least two electrodes;
- and
- detecting formic acid.
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A method of sensing an analyte comprising:
- exposing a sensor to a sample, the sensor including:
- a conductive region in electrical communication with at least two electrodes, the conductive region including a mixture of a square-planar metal complex and a carbon nanotube;
- measuring an electrical property at the at least two electrodes;
- and
- selectively detecting formic acid.
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A method of preparing a sensor comprising:
- forming a complex including a conductive region in electrical communication with at least two electrodes, the conductive region including a mixture of a square-planar metal complex and a carbon nanotube;
- and
- placing the conductive material in electrical communication with the at least two electrodes
- measuring an electrical property at the at least two electrodes;
- and
- selectively detecting formic acid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.