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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TW;
Dar-Bin Shieh, Tainan, TW;
Chih-Chia Huang, Tainan, TW;
Chen-Min Chang, Tainan, TW;
Tsung-Ju Li, Tainan, TW;
Po-Yang Chang, Tainan, TW;
Ming-Chi Hsieh, Tainan, TW;
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY, Tainan, TW;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence of a reaction mixture in a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The method includes contacting the reaction mixture with EMR frequency absorbing particles formed from a material having a transition metal, transition metal oxide or a transition metal hydroxide, or a nitride, a phosphide or an arsenide of a Group III metal doped with the transition metal or a transition metal oxide, or silicon dioxide doped with the transition metal, transition metal oxide, or transition metal hydroxide; and irradiating the EMR absorbing particles with EMR having a frequency of about 200 kHz to 500 THz to amplify the target nucleic acid sequence, wherein the Group III metal is any one of Al, Ga, and In, and the transition metal is any one of Mn, Fe, Co and Cu.