Patent ID: 7914736
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying and making quantitative determinations with respect to deposits on a portion of the system, determining that the deposit is a contaminant, and decontaminating at least the portion of the system, the system comprising: a) a controller containing information about at least one contaminant; b) an embedded sensing portion monitoring an atmosphere above said sensing portion, wherein said atmosphere comprises air, the sensing portion communicating with at least said controller and adapted to detect a quantity of the deposits, the sensing portion comprising film layer on a surface and maintained at atmospheric pressure and temperature, wherein said deposit is physisorbed or chemisorbed directly from said atmosphere to said surface; and c) an embedded self-decontaminating portion triggered by the sensing portion and communicating with at least said controller to determine a resistance and temperature of the surface and adapted to decontaminate the portion of the system wherein the sensing portion and the self-decontaminating portion are substantially encapsulated within the surface; wherein said embedded sensing portion, and said self-decontaminating portion are integrally molded on said surface.