PORTABLE AIR SAMPLING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

    公开(公告)号:US20250003909A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18625659

    申请日:2024-04-03

    Abstract: Air sampling sensor and system for detecting volatile organic compounds and applications thereof. A nanoparticle-structured chemiresistive sensor array in the analyzer generates an output signal based on the presence of selected volatile organic compounds in an air sample. The sensors of the array include sensing films from the group of molecularly-linked gold nanoparticles with different linking and capping molecules and gold nanoparticles of different sizes. A micro-processing unit analyzes the output signal of the sensor array and indicates the presence or absence of selected volatile organic compounds. The air sampling system can be used to analyze human breath and report the presence of volatile organic compounds relevant to lung cancer biomarkers. The air sampling system can also be used as an environmental air monitoring system to detect the presence of hazardous chemicals in the air.

    HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, LOW THERMAL EXPANSION COMPOSITES

    公开(公告)号:US20240390975A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18669761

    申请日:2024-05-21

    Abstract: Additively manufactured non-metal particle and metal matrix composites are provided. An intermetallic compound interface layer, e.g., metal carbide, is formed between the non-metal particle, e.g., diamond, and the metal matrix, that enhances thermal transfer. One application of this is to form thermal management structures with high thermal conductivity via laser powder bed fusion. A powder material for additively manufacturing a structure, comprising metal particles; and non-metallic particles with thermal conductivities greater than 100 W/m-K and coefficient of thermal expansion less than 10 ppm/degree C., wherein the metal particles are fusible with heat to form a heterogeneous solid structure around the non-metallic particles with an intermetallic compound interface, the heterogeneous solid structure having enhanced thermal conductivity and lower coefficient of thermal expansion with respect to a homogeneous specimen of the fused metal particles alone.

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