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US 8,798,408 B2Granted
Plasmon photocatalysis
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorRoderick A. Hyde
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Abstract
Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction. The waveguide or other energy carrier may be configured to carry electromagnetic energy and generate plasmon energy at one or more locations proximate to the waveguide, where the plasmon energy may react chemically with a medium or interaction material.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- providing energy;
- coupling said energy to plasmons;
- and
- applying said plasmons to catalyze a chemical reaction, the chemical reaction including a photocatalytic reaction.
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A pocket of plasmon activated material within an unreacted mass, said plasmon activated material including a photocatalyst, said plasmon activated material being achieved by the process of:
- propagating a plasmon;
- and
- transferring energy from the plasmon to the material.
A method comprising:
- selecting a photocatalyst having an energy gap;
- selecting a waveguide configured to carry electromagnetic energy having an energy range that is at least partially within the energy gap;
- selecting an energy converter configured to convert the electromagnetic energy to plasmon energy;
- and
- arranging the waveguide, energy converter, and photocatalyst to promote photocatalysis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.