Tahir Cagin

US Patent:

20090242416, Oct 1, 2009

Filed:

May 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/455186

Inventors:

Minhee Yun - La Crescenta CA, US
Nosang Myung - Rosemead CA, US
Richard Vasquez - Altadena CA, US
Margie L. Homer - Pasadena CA, US
Margaret A. Ryan - Pasadena CA, US
Jean-Pierre Fleurial - Altadena CA, US
Ratnakumar Bugga - Arcadia CA, US
Daniel Choi - Los Angeles CA, US
William Goddard - Pasadena CA, US
Abhijit Shevade - Pasadena CA, US
Mario Blanco - Temple City CA, US
Tahir Cagin - Arcadia CA, US
Wely Floriano - Pasadena CA, US

International Classification:

C25D 5/12
C25D 5/10

US Classification:

205181, 205170, 205264, 205265, 205266, 977957

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a nanowire sensor and method for forming the same. More specifically, the nanowire sensor comprises at least one nanowire formed on a substrate, with a sensor receptor disposed on a surface of the nanowire, thereby forming a receptor-coated nanowire. The nanowire sensor can be arranged as a sensor sub-unit comprising a plurality of homogeneously receptor-coated nanowires. A plurality of sensor subunits can be formed to collectively comprise a nanowire sensor array. Each sensor subunit in the nanowire sensor array can be formed to sense a different stimulus, allowing a user to sense a plurality of stimuli. Additionally, each sensor subunit can be formed to sense the same stimuli through different aspects of the stimulus. The sensor array is fabricated through a variety of techniques, such as by creating nanopores on a substrate and electrodepositing nanowires within the nanopores.