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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2006
Rafael V. Davalos, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert W. Crocker, Fremont, CA (US);
Eric B. Cummings, Livermore, CA (US);
Rafael V. Davalos, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert W. Crocker, Fremont, CA (US);
Eric B. Cummings, Livermore, CA (US);
Sandia Corporation, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are microfluidic devices for assaying at least one analyte specie in a sample comprising at least one analyte concentration area in a microchannel having insulating structures on or in at least one wall of the microchannel which provide a nonuniform electric field in the presence of an electric field provided by off-chip electrodes; and a pair of passivated sensing electrodes for impedance detection in a detection area. Also disclosed are assay methods and methods of making.