Patents by Inventor Hélène Paolacci

Hélène Paolacci 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).

  • Nanoporous material for aldehydes with direct optical transduction
    Patent number: 8173440
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting and/or assaying and/or capturing at least one aldehyde, preferably formaldehyde, including a step of contacting a gas stream with a material comprising a nonporous metal oxide sol-gel matrix, said matrix containing at least one probe molecule bearing at least one reactive function capable of reacting with at least one aldehyde function. The invention also concerns the material for implementing said method, a method for preparing same, and sensors incorporating such materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Commisariat a l'Energie Atomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS
    Inventors: Hélène Paolacci, Thu-Hoa Tran-Thi
  • Nanoporous Material for Aldehydes with Direct Optical Transduction
    Publication number: 20080220534
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting and/or assaying and/or capturing at least one aldehyde, preferably formaldehyde, including a step of contacting a gas stream with a material comprising a nonporous metal oxide sol-gel matrix, said matrix containing at least one probe molecule bearing at least one reactive function capable of reacting with at least one aldehyde function. The invention also concerns the material for implementing said method, a method for preparing same, and sensors incorporating such materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicants: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS
    Inventors: Helene Paolacci, Thu-Hoa Tran-Thi