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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
Brent M. Segal, Woburn, MA (US);
Thomas Rueckes, Rockport, MA (US);
Bernhard Vogeli, Zurich, CH;
Darren K. Brock, Woburn, MA (US);
Venkatachalam C. Jaiprakash, Fremont, CA (US);
Claude L. Bertin, South Burlington, VT (US);
Brent M. Segal, Woburn, MA (US);
Thomas Rueckes, Rockport, MA (US);
Bernhard Vogeli, Zurich, CH;
Darren K. Brock, Woburn, MA (US);
Venkatachalam C. Jaiprakash, Fremont, CA (US);
Claude L. Bertin, South Burlington, VT (US);
Nantero, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
Sensor platforms and methods of making them are described. A platform having a non-horizontally oriented sensor element comprising one or more nanostructures such as nanotubes is described. Under certain embodiments, a sensor element has or is made to have an affinity for an analyte. Under certain embodiments, such a sensor element comprises one or more pristine nanotubes. Under certain embodiments, the sensor element comprises derivatized or functionalized nanotubes. Under certain embodiments, a sensor is made by providing a support structure; providing one or more nanotubes on the structure to provide material for a sensor element; and providing circuitry to electrically sense the sensor element's electrical characterization. Under certain embodiments, the sensor element comprises pre-derivatized or pre-functionalized nanotubes. Under other embodiments, sensor material is derivatized or functionalized after provision on the structure or after patterning. Under certain embodiments, a large-scale array of sensor platforms includes a plurality of sensor elements.