US 11,898,022 B2
Coated aerogels
Hanh Lai, Arlington, MA (US); and Brandon Chiou, Burlington, MA (US)
Assigned to Viken Detection Corporation, Burlington, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/291,242
Filed by Viken Detection Corporation, Burlington, MA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/060572
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/097532, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,727, filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0355293 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. C08J 9/36 (2006.01); G01N 27/622 (2021.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01)
CPC C08J 9/365 (2013.01) [G01N 27/622 (2013.01); H01J 49/049 (2013.01); C08J 2205/026 (2013.01); C08J 2379/08 (2013.01); C08J 2463/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ion mobility spectrometer operative on a sample, the spectrometer comprising:
a) an inlet for the sample, an ionization region, and a drift tube, and
b) an aerogel at least partially between the inlet and the ionization region, the aerogel providing a thermal break between the inlet and the ionization region.