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Cargo inspection apparatus having a nanoparticle film and method of use thereof

  • US 20060023209A1
  • Filed: 07/29/2004
  • Published: 02/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cargo inspection apparatus for the inspection of an analyte carried by a medium, the apparatus comprising:

  • a housing having an inlet allowing for entry of the medium and an outlet allowing for exit of the medium; and

    an adsorber disposed within the housing in fluid communication with the medium flow from the inlet to the outlet, the adsorber comprising a substrate having disposed thereon a nanoparticle film;

    wherein the nanoparticle film comprises nanoparticles having an average particle size of equal to or less than about 500 nanometers.

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