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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Steven Barcelo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhiyong LI, Foster City, CA (US);
Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ansoon Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven Barcelo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhiyong Li, Foster City, CA (US);
Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ansoon Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for performing a sensing application includes a reservoir to contain a solution, a dispenser to dispense the solution from the reservoir, and a substrate having a plurality of nano-fingers positioned to receive the dispensed solution, in which the plurality of nano-fingers are flexible, such that the plurality of nano-fingers are configurable with respect to each other. The apparatus also includes an illumination source to illuminate the received solution, an analyte introduced around the plurality of nano-fingers, and the plurality of nano-fingers, in which light is to be emitted from the analyte in response to being illuminated. The apparatus further includes a detector to detect the light emitted from the analyte.