Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

Floriana San Biagio

Enrico Rosario Alessi

Luigi Giuseppe Occhipinti

Gianguido Rizzotto

Salvatore Abbisso

Vincenzo Vinciguerra

Francesco Buonocore

Francesco Italia

Salvatore Oliveri

Giuseppe Panzera

An apparatus for actuating in rotation and reading a centrifugal microfluidic disk for biological and/or biochemical analyses, comprising: a container body, defining an internal chamber forming a closed curvilinear path, the path comprising a housing region configured to house the centrifugal microfluidic disk, and a curvilinear channel fluidically coupled to the housing region; a heater operatively arranged in a section of the curvilinear channel; and a fan operatively arranged in a respective section of the curvilinear channel.

Apparatus for actuating and reading a centrifugal microfluidic disk for biological and biochemical analyses, and use of the apparatus

Described herein are a molecular memory obtained using DNA strand molecular switches and carbon nanotubes, and a manufacturing method thereof. In particular, the nonvolatile memory is manufactured according to an architecture that envisages the use of carbon nanotubes as electrical connectors and DNA strands as physical means on which to write the information. In other words, the nonvolatile memory is made by means of a set of molecular DNA strand switches, the addressing of which is controlled by molecular wires made up of carbon nanotubes.

Molecular memory obtained using DNA strand molecular switches and carbon nanotubes, and method for manufacturing the same

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Floriana San Biagio