US Patent 11187698 Sensor for infrared communication using plant nanobionics

Patent 11187698 was granted and assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on November, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent Applicant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Current Assignee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

11187698

Date of Patent

November 30, 2021

Patent Application Number

15781123

Date Filed

December 2, 2016

Patent Primary Examiner

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Brian J. Sines

Patent abstract

A living plant can function as self-powered auto-samplers and preconcentrators of an analyte within ambient groundwater, detectors of the analyte contained therein. For example, a pair of near infrared (IR) fluorescent sensors embedded within the mesophyll of the plant leaf can be used as detectors of the nitroaromatic molecules, with the first IR channel engineered through CoPhMoRe to recognize analyte via an IR fluorescent emission and the second IR channel including a functionalized nanostructure that acts as an invariant reference signal.