Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080308846 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOMOLECULES USING ADSORPTIVE MEDIUM AND FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A device for detecting biomolecules includes: a semiconductor substrate; a source region and a drain region separately provided at the substrate; a chamber formed at the substrate including a region between the source region and the drain region, the chamber configured to contain a sample including the biomolecules; and an electrode which applies a voltage to the sample in the chamber. The biomolecules are mobile with respect to the electrode and sample. Methods for detecting biomolecules are also disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |
20080315861 | BIOMOLECULE DETECTOR BASED ON FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR ARRAYS CONTAINING REFERENCE ELECTRODES AND DETECTION METHOD FOR BIOMOLECULES USING THE SAME - A biomolecule detector and a method thereof are provided to detect the biomolecules in a liquid sample using a field effect transistor (FET) array. The FET array is characterized in that the transistor used has no gate electrode layer, a reference electrode is provided in the space between the transistors in the array instead of the gate electrode layer. Using the FET array, the existence of the biomolecules in the sample can be detected electrically and effectively under the circumstance where an external voltage is applied to flow the biomolecules. Using the FET array to detect the biomolecules, the deviation for each transistor is reduced and the multiplex processing is also possible to measure the plurality of analyzing samples at the same time. | 12-25-2008 |
20090090175 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DETECTING GENES - A method and a device for detecting nucleic acid are disclosed, wherein impurities in a sample can be easily removed.. The method comprises injecting a sample containing an adsorption medium with nucleic adsorbed thereon into a chamber; washing the sample; heating the sample to denature the nucleic acid; cooling down; and detecting nucleic acid by using the biomolecule detection device. The device includes: a source and a drain region; a gate electrode layer; a chamber formed over the semiconductor substrate including the gate electrode layer; and a heating means, wherein a gate adsorption layer to which a nucleic acid is adsorbed is formed on the gate electrode layer. A single-stranded nucleic acid is adsorbed to the gate adsorption layer, and a channel is formed between the source and the drain region. The current in the channel provides a basis to detect a gene. | 04-09-2009 |
20090122828 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A BIOMOLECULE - A method for identifying a biomolecule using a biomolecule detector having a field effect transistor (FET) is provided. The method comprises the steps of (a) heating a sample containing a biomolecule loaded in the detector to thereby elevate the temperature of the sample; (b) measuring electric current flowing through a channel formed between a source region and a drain region in the FET while raising the temperature in the step (a); (c) obtaining a transition temperature that is the temperature at maximum point of current variation from data measured in the step (b); and (d) identifying the biomolecule using the transition temperature obtained in the step (c). | 05-14-2009 |
20090317918 | METHOD OF HEATING LIQUID MEDIUM USING MICROWAVES AND ANIONS - Provided is a method comprising adding anions having a high charge density to a liquid medium; the liquid medium comprising molecules that hydrogen bond with one another; the anions interacting with the molecules of the liquid medium with a force that is stronger than the forces that produce hydrogen bonding between the molecules of the medium; and heating the liquid medium by irradiating it with microwaves. | 12-24-2009 |
20100130732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TARGET MATERIAL - A system for processing a target material includes; a cartridge which stores a material which reacts with the target material, and may include at least one chamber and at least one valve connected to the at least one chamber, a first module which may be loaded with the at least one cartridge and may rotate, a second module which may selectively open or close the at least one valve, a third module which may selectively control the temperature of the at least one chamber, and a control module which may control the first module, the second module and the third module. | 05-27-2010 |
20100186839 | MICROFLUIDIC VALVE UNIT FOR CONTROLLING FLOW OF FLUID AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A microfluidic valve unit for controlling the flow of fluid flowing along a channel, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The valve unit includes a channel formed in a platform; a valve filler which includes a phase transition material that is disposed in the channel in a solid state at room temperature to close the channel and is melted when energy is applied thereto; and at least one capillary channel which extends from a sidewall of the channel and into which the valve filler flows when the valve filler is melted, wherein the at least one capillary channel has a cross-sectional area which is less than a cross-sectional area of the channel. | 07-29-2010 |
20100289509 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING CARBON NANOTUBES BETWEEN ELECTRODES, BIOMOLECULE DETECTOR BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBE-PROBE COMPLEXES AND DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A device and method are disclosed for detecting biomolecules. More specifically, by measuring the change in the electrical properties of a complex between a probe and carbon nanotubes, a non-label detection is achieved, capable of a rapid, sensitive and electrical detection of the presence and concentration of biomolecules in a sample solution. | 11-18-2010 |