Patents by Inventor Minhee Yun

Minhee Yun 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: 20200378920
    Abstract: A biomarker detection device comprising: a microfluidic biosensor further comprising a biomarker functionalized polymer single nanowire connecting a pair of gold electrodes on a silicon wafer; the biomarker functionalized polymer single nanowire s coupled to a gate electrode by a liquid electrolyte gate; and a tunable gate voltage connected to the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Minhee Yun, David Schwartzman, Jiyong Huang
  • Patent number: 10684250
    Abstract: A method of fabricating polymer single nanowires, comprising the steps of: spin coating a polymethylmethacrylate resist onto a silicon wafer patterned with at least one gold electrode pair; creating a nanochannel using e-beam lithography between each pair of the at least one gold electrode pairs; placing the silicon wafer into an aniline monomer polymerization solution; reacting the polymerization solution to give a coated wafer and a polyaniline film; and cleaning the coated wafer of polymethylmethacrylate resist and polyaniline film to give at least one gold electrode pair with a connecting polymer single nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Minhee Yun, David Schwartzman, Jiyong Huang
  • Patent number: 9347939
    Abstract: A method of fabricating polymer single nanowires, comprising the steps of: spin coating a polymethylmethacrylate resist onto a silicon wafer patterned with at least one gold electrode pair; creating a nanochannel using e-beam lithography between each pair of the at least one gold electrode pairs; placing the silicon wafer into an aniline monomer polymerization solution; reacting the polymerization solution to give a coated wafer and a polyaniline film; and cleaning the coated wafer of polymethylmethacrylate resist and polyaniline film to give at least one gold electrode pair with a connecting polymer single nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Minhee Yun, David Schwartzman, Jiyong Huang
  • Publication number: 20140154785
    Abstract: A method of fabricating polymer single nanowires, comprising the steps of: spin coating a polymethylmethacrylate resist onto a silicon wafer patterned with at least one gold electrode pair; creating a nanochannel using e-beam lithography between each pair of the at least one gold electrode pairs; placing the silicon wafer into an aniline monomer polymerization solution; reacting the polymerization solution to give a coated wafer and a polyaniline film; and cleaning the coated wafer of polymethylmethacrylate resist and polyaniline film to give at least one gold electrode pair with a connecting polymer single nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Minhee Yun, David Schwartzman, Jiyong Huang
  • Patent number: 8187865
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanowire sensor and method for forming the same. More specifically, the nanowire sensor comprises at least one nanowire formed on a substrate, with a sensor receptor disposed on a surface of the nanowire, thereby forming a receptor-coated nanowire. The nanowire sensor can be arranged as a sensor sub-unit comprising a plurality of homogeneously receptor-coated nanowires. A plurality of sensor subunits can be formed to collectively comprise a nanowire sensor array. Each sensor subunit in the nanowire sensor array can be formed to sense a different stimulus, allowing a user to sense a plurality of stimuli. Additionally, each sensor subunit can be formed to sense the same stimuli through different aspects of the stimulus. The sensor array is fabricated through a variety of techniques, such as by creating nanopores on a substrate and electrodepositing nanowires within the nanopores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Minhee Yun, Nosang Myung, Richard Vasquez, Margie Homer, Margaret Ryan, Shiao-Pin Yen, Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Ratnakumar Bugga, Daniel Choi, William Goddard, Abhijit Shevade, Mario Blanco, Tahir Cagin, Wely Floriano
  • Publication number: 20090242416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanowire sensor and method for forming the same. More specifically, the nanowire sensor comprises at least one nanowire formed on a substrate, with a sensor receptor disposed on a surface of the nanowire, thereby forming a receptor-coated nanowire. The nanowire sensor can be arranged as a sensor sub-unit comprising a plurality of homogeneously receptor-coated nanowires. A plurality of sensor subunits can be formed to collectively comprise a nanowire sensor array. Each sensor subunit in the nanowire sensor array can be formed to sense a different stimulus, allowing a user to sense a plurality of stimuli. Additionally, each sensor subunit can be formed to sense the same stimuli through different aspects of the stimulus. The sensor array is fabricated through a variety of techniques, such as by creating nanopores on a substrate and electrodepositing nanowires within the nanopores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Minhee Yun, Nosang Myung, Richard Vasquez, Margie L. Homer, Margaret A. Ryan, Shiao-Pin Yen, Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Ratnakumar Bugga, Daniel Choi, William Goddard, Abhijit Shevade, Mario Blanco, Tahir Cagin, Wely Floriano