US 11,965,849 B2
Sensor enabled by catalytic system
Timothy Swager, Newton, MA (US); Mate Bezdek, Boston, MA (US); and Richard Liu, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/244,188.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,412, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341405 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 27/12 (2006.01); B01J 31/18 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 27/125 (2013.01) [B01J 31/1815 (2013.01); G01N 33/0031 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor for detecting an analyte comprising:
a composition including:
a semiconducting material;
an oxidation catalyst proximate to the semiconducting material; and
an oxidation enhancer associated with the oxidation catalyst,
wherein the sensor detects a thiol or methane by a change in conductivity of electrical characteristics of a circuit containing the sensor.