Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20120269683 | NANO-ENHANCED EVANESCENCE INTEGRATED TECHNIQUE (NEET) BASED MICROPHOTONIC DEVICE AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A device, a method of fabricating the device and a sample analysis system that includes the device are provided. The device includes an optical waveguide having a plurality of nanofeatures integrated thereon to influence at least one of evanescence and coupling of an optical field of the optical waveguide. The sample analysis system includes a fluidic actuation system for introducing sample specimen fluid into a microfluidic channel of the device for evanescence based detection. | 10-25-2012 |
20130220032 | System For Sensing a Mechanical Property of a Sample - A sensing element for sensing a mechanical property of a sample defining a sample surface using a contact force exerted the sample surface. The sensing element includes: a deformable element defining a contact surface and a deformable section in register with the contact surface, the deformable section being deformable between an undeformed configuration and a deformed configuration; a deformation sensor operatively coupled to the deformable section for sensing and quantifying a deformation of the deformable section between the deformed and undeformed configurations, the deformation sensor being an optical deformation sensor; and a force sensor operatively coupled to the deformable element for sensing the contact force exerted on the contact surface. | 08-29-2013 |
20140233891 | HIGH EFFICIENCY MONO-ORDER CONCAVE DIFFRACTION GRATING - A concave diffraction grating for integrated optics is constructed by replacing the reflective metallic part by either multiple thin elements of metal or multiple elements of dielectric material, each partially reflecting the light, and arranged on elliptical fashion in order to distribute the diffraction/reflection of light and provide aberration-free focusing, by combining diffraction condition and Bragg condition of these curved reflectors. | 08-21-2014 |
20140255730 | SCALABLE MICRO POWER CELLS WITH NO-GAP ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN ELECTRON AND PROTON TRANSFER ELEMENTS - Energy is probably one of the most important issues of the current century. New sources, approaches and systems have been studied in order to find suitable and more reliable power sources and energy harvesting devices. In addition, mobile Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) devices require micro power sources as well. So far, there has been vast research and investment on solar sources, fuel cells, etc. The present application is an attempt to develop a suitable fabrication method to realize a Photosynthetic Power Cell (μPSO) to harvest the energy from photosynthesis and produce electrical energy. The proposed μPSO is a micro power generation device made from polymer material for generating power from algal photosynthesis. In particular, the present application presents a fabrication process for realising a μPSO from polymer material. | 09-11-2014 |