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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 7/52 (2013.01); B01L 3/5027 (2013.01); B01L 7/5255 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0803 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/168 (2013.01); B01L 2300/1861 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00158 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for solar-thermal microfluidic polymerase chain reaction. A device comprises a microfluidic chip including at least one PCR region, an energy absorption layer disposed adjacent to the microfluidic chip, a solar energy concentrator adapted to produce a plurality of temperature profiles on the microfluidic chip adapted to facilitate PCR, and a photomask disposed between the solar energy concentrator and the microfluidic chip.