Patents by Inventor Dominik Enders

Dominik Enders 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).

  • Surface enhanced infrared absorption sensor and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 8193499
    Abstract: The method for producing a surface enhanced infrared absorption sensor of the invention is characterized by: adsorbing metallic nanoparticles dispersed in a solution on a surface of a substrate, or allowing the adsorbed metallic nanoparticles to be grown in a solution, thereby forming a film; applying infrared light to the substrate from the side thereof opposite to the side on which the metallic nano-thin film is disposed; detecting evanescent waves exuding from the substrate; and regulating a surface enhanced infrared adsorption activity while monitoring surface enhanced infrared adsorption signals in situ, whereby the metallic nano-thin film is grown in the form of flat and discontinuous islands. According to the method, there is provided a production technique for a surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) sensor having a higher sensitivity and more excellent in the reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Tadaaki Nagao, Dominik Enders, Tomonobu Nakayama, Masakazu Aono
  • SURFACE ENHANCED INFRARED ABSORPTION SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100239821
    Abstract: The method for producing a surface enhanced infrared absorption sensor of the invention is characterized by: adsorbing metallic nanoparticles dispersed in a solution on a surface of a substrate, or allowing the adsorbed metallic nanoparticles to be grown in a solution, thereby forming a film; applying infrared light to the substrate from the side thereof opposite to the side on which the metallic nano-thin film is disposed; detecting evanescent waves exuding from the substrate; and regulating a surface enhanced infrared adsorption activity while monitoring surface enhanced infrared adsorption signals in situ, whereby the metallic nano-thin film is grown in the form of flat and discontinuous islands. According to the method, there is provided a production technique for a surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) sensor having a higher sensitivity and more excellent in the reproducibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Tadaaki Nagao, Dominik Enders, Tomonobu Nakayama, Masakazu Aono