Abstract: Coatings and sensors having both steric and chemical selectivity. Controlled porosity provides the steric selectivity, whereas chemically tailored film properties, using controlled composition or modification by coupling agents, chemical species replacement, or chemical species within pores, provide the chemical selectivity. Single or multiple layers may be provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 1993
Date of Patent:
December 31, 1996
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation
Inventors:
Gregory C. Frye, C. Jeffrey Brinker, Daniel H. Doughty, Thomas Bein, Karin Moller