Patent for Highly Sensitive Gas Detection Technology
University Distinguished and MIE William Lincoln Smith Professor Ahmed Busnaina was awarded a patent for “Sensors with capacitive transduction via metamaterials for gas detection.”
Abstract Source: USPTO
Devices and methods for detecting an analyte in a gas involve the use of plasmonic excitation of a nanostructured sensing element that is tuned to absorb at a narrow bandwidth specific for light absorbed by the analyte. The sensing element can be used as a capacitive or inductive element in a circuit.
