Current News (2011)

• August, 2011: Patent # 8003403 , “Optochemical Sensors for Detection of Low Pressure Vapors Based on Porous Semiconductors and Emissive Organics”, (author I. Levitsky) has been issued to Emitech, Inc. by US PTO.

• June, 2011: Emitech was awarded by the Phase II SBIR (Army) for the project titled "Portable Stand-off Detection of IEDs Based on Fluorescence Sensory Organics and Optical Microcavities."

• June, 2011: Dr. I. A. Levitsky, presented a talk titled “ Optical Gas Chemosensors Based on Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Composites”, CMOS-Emerging Technologies, June 15-17, Whistler, Canada.

• April, 2011: Dr. I. A. Levitsky, presented a talk titled “Hybrid Photovoltaics from Si-Carbon Nanotubes” EVER-11,March 31- April 2, Monaco, France.
  

• March, 2011: Patent # 7908902 , “Amplified Sensitivity of Porous Chemosensors Based on Bernoulli Effect”, (authors: I. Levitsky, Y-B. Park) has been issued to Emitech, Inc. by US PTO.
  

• January, 2011: Dr. I. A Levitsky signed an agreement with  Springer Publishing Group to
  publish the book  “Photophysics of Carbon Nanotubes Interfaced with Organic and Inorganic Materials”, in 2012 with co-authors  V. A  Karachevtsev, W. B. Euler.
  
  
• January, 2011: The Department of State has determined that Emitech’s explosive detection technology is subject to the licensing jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, not the Department of State.