Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seoul National University

Won Seok Chung

Jeo Young Shim

Jung Im Han

Kyu Tae Yoo

Kak Namkoong

Junghoon Lee

Joonho Kim

Jung-Im Han

Seungwon Jung

JungIm Han

Kyuyoun Hwang

Joon Sik Lee

Seungho Park

Young Ki Choi

Heekyun Lim

Kak Knamkoong

Misun Cha

Ohmyoung Kwon

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.

System and method for processing target material

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.

Method and a device for detecting genes

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.

Device and method for detecting biomolecules using adsorptive medium and field effect transistor

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).

Method for identifying a biomolecule

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.

Method for positioning carbon nanotubes between electrodes, biomolecule detector based on carbon nanotube-probe complexes and detection method using the same

The present invention relates to a flowmeter suitable for a micro flow sensor. The flowmeter of the present invention comprises a resistive heater to be inserted into a fluid, AC power with a first frequency supplied to the resistive heater to periodically heat the resistive heater, a signal processing unit for detecting a first signal from the resistive heater in relation to a temperature variation of the resistive heater by the AC power, and obtaining a phase lag of the first signal relative to the heat generation in the resistive heater, and an operation unit for calculating a flow rate based on the obtained phage lag. According to the present invention, the flowmeter of the present invention has a wide measurement range and high measurement accuracy with a simple structure.

AC type flowmeter and method of mapping flow rate data for the same

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Won Seok Chung