US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on April 14 for "Non-covalent modification of graphene-based chemical sensors" (Pennsylvania, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,506, issued on April 14, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Non-covalent modification of graphene-based chemical sensors" was invented by Xue Zhen (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), Philippe Pierre Joseph Buhlmann (Minneapolis) and Steven Koester (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chemical sensors, devices and systems including the same, and related methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a medical device is included having a graphene varactor including a graphene layer and a self-assembled monolayer disposed on an outer surface of the graphene layer through non-covalent interactions between the ...