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US 2013/0259085 A1Published application
Detection of Carbon Nanotubes by Microwave-Induced Heating
AssigneeTexas Tech University System
InventorsMicah J. Green, Fahmida Irin, Jaclyn Cañas, Mohammad Saed
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method, systems and devices for the detection of carbon nanotubes in biological samples by providing a sample suspected of having one or more carbon nanotubes; irradiating the sample with a microwave radiation, wherein the carbon nanotubes absorb the microwave radiation; and detecting and measuring the one or more thermal emissions from the carbon nanotubes.
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A method of detection of carbon nanotubes in a sample comprising the steps of:
- providing a sample suspected of having one or more carbon nanotubes;
- irradiating the sample with one or more microwave radiations;
- adsorbing the one or more microwave radiations by the one or more carbon nanotubes absorb;
- generating one or more thermal emissions from the one or more carbon nanotubes;
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- detecting the one or more thermal emissions from the one or more carbon nanotubes in the sample.
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A device for the detection of carbon nanotubes comprising:
- a sample chamber to receive a sample comprising one or more carbon nanotubes;
- one or more microwave radiation sources positioned to irradiate the sample chamber;
- a thermal detector in contact with the sample chamber to detect one or more thermal emissions from the sample;
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- an output mechanism connected to the thermal detector to transmit the one or more thermal emissions.
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