Device for collecting and enriching microbes

Inventors

Donald K. Roper, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

8-25-2020

Abstract

In one aspect, devices for collecting and enriching microbes are described herein. In some embodiments, such a device comprises a shape memory gel and a plurality of nanoantennas dispersed in the gel. The nanoantennas can be non-uniformly dispersed in the gel. Additionally, the nanoantennas are operable to receive an external signal and thereby induce a local change in state of the gel, such as a local change in thermodynamic state of the gel.

Department

Chemical Engineering

Patent Number

US10753837

Application Number

US 20180340871 A1

Application Published

11-29-2018

Application Filed

5-24-2018

Assignee

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR)

Comments

Donald K. Roper, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Citation

Roper, D. K. (2020). Device for collecting and enriching microbes. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/395