Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Heterojunction device – Heterojunction formed between semiconductor materials which...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-01
2011-03-01
Dickey, Thomas L (Department: 2826)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Heterojunction device
Heterojunction formed between semiconductor materials which...
C257SE21108
Reexamination Certificate
active
07898005
ABSTRACT:
Nanofluidic devices incorporating inorganic nanotubes fluidly coupled to channels or nanopores for supplying a fluid containing chemical or bio-chemical species are described. In one aspect, two channels are fluidly interconnected with a nanotube. Electrodes on opposing sides of the nanotube establish electrical contact with the fluid therein. A bias current is passed between the electrodes through the fluid, and current changes are detected to ascertain the passage of select molecules, such as DNA, through the nanotube. In another aspect, a gate electrode is located proximal the nanotube between the two electrodes thus forming a nanofluidic transistor. The voltage applied to the gate controls the passage of ionic species through the nanotube selected as either or both ionic polarities. In either of these aspects the nanotube can be modified, or functionalized, to control the selectivity of detection or passage.
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Fan Rong
Karnik Rohit
Majumdar Arunava
Yang Peidong
Dickey Thomas L
O'Banion John P.
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