Abstract: A wireless chemical sensor includes an electrical conductor and a material separated therefrom by an electric insulator. The electrical conductor is an unconnected open-circuit shaped for storage of an electric field and a magnetic field. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the first electrical conductor resonates to generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. The material is positioned at a location lying within at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses so-generated. The material changes in electrical conductivity in the presence of a chemical-of-interest.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2009
Date of Patent:
March 18, 2014
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventors:
Stanley E. Woodard, Donald M. Oglesby, Bryant Douglas Taylor