US Patent Issued to Queen's University at Kingston on Sept. 16 for "Sensor elements having metallic nanostructures and uses thereof" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,577, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, Canada).

"Sensor elements having metallic nanostructures and uses thereof" was invented by Joshua Raveendran (Timmins, Canada), Hannah Bacon (Toronto), Carlos Escobedo (Kingston, Canada) and Aristides Docoslis (Kingston, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor element comprises a metallic nanostructure formed at edges of at least two microelectrodes on a non-electrically conductive substrate. The nanostructure is formed by depositing a solution comprising at least one metal salt and a stabilizing agent on the substrate at a detection site betwe...