Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for providing a functionalized integrated circuit (10) such that a first sensing electrode (16) comprises at its surface a first receptor molecule (30) for selectively binding to a first analyte of interest (40) and a second sensing electrode (16') comprises at its surface a second receptor molecule (30') for selectively binding to a second analyte of interest (40'); exposing said functionalized integrated circuit to a sample potentially comprising at least one of the first analyte and the second analyte of interest, providing a first bead (60) having a first electrical signature attached to a first molecule (30, 40, 45) having a conformation or an affinity for binding to the first sensing electrode that is dependent on the presence of the first analyte in said sample; providing a second bead (60') having a second electrical signature attached to a second molecule (30', 40', 45') having a conformation or an affinity for binding to the second sensing electrode that is dependent on the presence of the second analyte in said sample; and determining the presence of the electrical signature of the first bead and/or the second bead on the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode respectively. An IC (10) for implementing this method is also disclosed. The electrical signature could be the size or the material of the bead.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an integrated circuit (100) comprising a cavity (52) defined over a substrate (10) and a membrane (42, 50) arranged to be exposed to infrared radiation suspended over said cavity, said membrane comprising a conductive body (42) and an infrared radiation absorbing polymer (50) covering said conductive body such that the conductive body is shielded from said radiation by said polymer, said conductive body being conductively coupled to a pair of electrodes. A body detection system including such an IC and a method of manufacturing such an IC are also disclosed.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for providing a functionalized integrated circuit (10) such that a first sensing electrode (16) comprises at its surface a first receptor molecule (30) for selectively binding to a first analyte of interest (40) and a second sensing electrode (16') comprises at its surface a second receptor molecule (30') for selectively binding to a second analyte of interest (40'); exposing said functionalized integrated circuit to a sample potentially comprising at least one of the first analyte and the second analyte of interest, providing a first bead (60) having a first electrical signature attached to a first molecule (30, 40, 45) having a conformation or an affinity for binding to the first sensing electrode that is dependent on the presence of the first analyte in said sample; providing a second bead (60') having a second electrical signature attached to a second molecule (30', 40', 45') having a conformation or an affinity for binding to the second sensing electrode that is dependent on the presence of the second analyte in said sample; and determining the presence of the electrical signature of the first bead and/or the second bead on the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode respectively. An IC (10) for implementing this method is also disclosed. The electrical signature could be the size or the material of the bead.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a sensing device comprising a surface having at least one individual sensing region (20), wherein each sensing region comprises a plurality of binding elements (22, 22', 22", 24, 24', 24", 26, 26', 26", 28, 28', 28") anchored on said surface for binding different specific analytes of interest (50, 50'), at least one of the analyte of interest and its matching binding element comprising a label (40) for detecting said binding. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a sensing device.