Patents by Inventor Reid Erickson

Reid Erickson 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).

  • DETECTOR FOR NITRO-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS COMPRISING FUNCTIONALIZED SILICON NANOCRYSTALS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150192552
    Abstract: A detector and a method for the detection of nitro-containing compounds, such as explosives, is described. Detection is by observing the quenching of the photoluminescence of functionalized silicon nanocrystals, such as amine-functionalized silicon nanocrystals, oligonucleotide-functionalized silicon nanocrystals, oligomer or monolayer alkyl-functionalized silicon nanocrystals, aromatic polymer-functionalized silicon nanocrystals and alkanoic acid-functionalized silicon nanocrystals by the nitro-containing compounds. The detector and method are non-toxic, portable, rapid and straightforward and therefore are amenable for convenient on-site detection of nitro-containing compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: Jonathan G. C. Veinot, Mita Dasog, Christina Gonzalez, Muhammed Iqbal, Tapas Purkait, Reid Erickson