Nanoelectrode arrays
US6123819A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/874
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An array of electrodes at the atomic or nano scale (nanoelectrodes) is built on a chip. The spatial distribution, height, width and electrochemical composition of the nanoelectrodes is varied, such that protein-specific electronic receptors are built directly on the chip with the nanoelectrodes without the use of any specific binding agents or molecules. Because of their size, a very large number of different receptors can be built as arrays on a single chip. The chip can be used to detect, characterize and quantify single molecules in solution such as individual proteins, complex protein mixtures, DNA or other molecules.
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