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  • Publication number: 20150050566
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating electricity from a long chain hydrocarbon, said method comprising contacting the liquid non-polar substrate with a plurality of enzymes, wherein at least one enzyme is non-electric current/potential enzyme that functions as a catalyst for chemical reaction transforming a first substrate or byproduct to a second substance that can be used with an additional electric current/potential generating enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: CFD Research Corporation
    Inventors: Yevgenia Ulyanova, Shelley Minteer, Sameer Singhal, Vojtech Svoboda, Jianjun Wei
  • Patent number: 8685286
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrode including an electrically conductive ink deposited thereon comprising: a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme; wherein said ink is essentially solvent free. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the electrode provided herein is used in a battery, fuel cell or sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: CFD Research Corporation
    Inventors: Vojtech Svoboda, Jianjun Wei, Sameer Singhal
  • Publication number: 20140183416
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aqueous based electrically conductive ink, which is essentially solvent free and includes a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the present disclosure provides electrically conductive ink including a single walled, carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube; 1-Ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) ester; polyethyleneimine; an aqueous buffer; and glucose oxidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: CFD Research Corporation
    Inventors: Vojtech Svoboda, Jianjun Wei, Sameer Singhal, Yevgenia Ulyanova
  • Patent number: 8703022
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aqueous based electrically conductive ink, which is essentially solvent free and includes a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the present disclosure provides electrically conductive ink including a single walled, carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube; 1-Ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) ester; polyethyleneimine; an aqueous buffer; and glucose oxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: CFD Research Corporation
    Inventors: Vojtech Svoboda, Jianjun Wei, Sameer Singhal
  • Patent number: 9994725
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aqueous based electrically conductive ink, which is essentially solvent free and includes a nano-scale conducting material; a binding agent; and an enzyme. In one embodiment, the ink includes at least one of a mediator, a cross-linking agent and a substrate as well. In one further embodiment, the present disclosure provides electrically conductive ink including a single walled, carboxylic acid functionalized carbon nanotube; 1-Ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxy succinimide (NHS) ester; polyethyleneimine; an aqueous buffer; and glucose oxidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: CFD Research Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Vojtech Svoboda, Jianjun Wei, Sameer Singhal, Yevgenia Ulyanova