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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Joseph Paul Robinson, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Bartlomiej P. Rajwa, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Valery P. Patsekin, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Euiwon Bae, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A target within a sample can be characterized using an energy source configured to transform a metal in the sample into a plasma and an optical spectroscopic detector configured to detect electromagnetic radiation emitted by the plasma to provide an optical-spectrum signal. A processor can determine presence of the metal in the sample using the optical-spectrum signal. The target can include a microbe or biological toxin. A recognition construct comprising a metal and a scaffold can be applied to the sample. The scaffold can bind to the target. Energy can be applied to transform at least some of the sample into a plasma. Electromagnetic radiation emitted by the plasma can be detected to provide an optical-spectrum signal of the sample. A preparation subsystem can add the recognition construct to the sample and a washing subsystem can wash unbound recognition construct out of the sample.