Patents by Inventor Damian Ahern

Damian Ahern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120101007
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting of an analyte in a solution phase comprises a plurality of functionalised silver nanoplates wherein a functionalising agent is directly bonded to the surfaces of the nanoplates. The nanoplates provide a detectable wavelength shift change in their local surface plasmon resonance spectrum in response to the binding of an analyte. Two or more of the nanoplates may be electromagnetically coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicants: PROVOST FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZEBETH NEA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY
    Inventors: Damian Ahern, Margaret Brennan Fournet, Denise Charles, Stephen Michael Cunningham, Patrick Fournet, John Moffat Kelly, Deirdre Marie Ledwith, Muriel Celine Voisin
  • Publication number: 20080191193
    Abstract: A method for creating an organically capped Group IV semiconductor nanoparticle is disclosed. The method includes flowing a Group IV semiconductor precursor gas into a chamber. The method also includes generating a set of Group IV semiconductor precursor radical species from the Group IV semiconductor precursor gas with a laser pyrolysis apparatus, wherein the set of the Group IV semiconductor precursor radical species nucleate to form the Group IV semiconductor nanoparticle; and flowing an organic capping agent precursor gas into the chamber. The method further includes generating a set of organic capping agent radical species from the organic capping agent precursor gas, wherein the set of organic capping agent radical species reacts with a surface of the Group IV semiconductor nanoparticle and forms the organically capped Group IV semiconductor nanoparticle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Xuegeng Li, Elena Rogojina, David Jurbergs, Damian Aherne