Apparatus and method
US8440403B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/781
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for investigating a molecule comprising a channel provided in a substrate, a metallic moiety capable of plasmon resonance which is associated with the channel in a position suitable for the electromagnetic field produced by the metallic moiety to interact with a molecule passing therethrough, means to induce a molecule to pass through the channel, means to induce surface plasmon resonance in the metallic moiety; and means to detect interaction between the electromagnetic field produced by the metallic moiety and a molecule passing through the channel. Methods of investigating molecules are also provided.
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