Detection element
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShinobu Yokokawa
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Abstract
A detection element includes a detector by which a salt or an ion in an analyte is detectable. The detector includes a base and a reaction layer disposed on the base. The reaction layer has a polymer that has a main chain with an end thereof linked to the base, and a side chain branched from the main chain. The side chain contains an ion-trapping part in which an ion constituting the salt or the ion is trappable.
Claims12
A detection element, comprising a detector by which one of a salt and an ion in an analyte is detectable, the detector including a base and a reaction layer disposed on the base, the reaction layer having a polymer, the polymer having:
- a main chain with an end thereof linked to the base;
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- a side chain branched from the main chain, the side chain containing an ion-trapping part in which one of an ion constituting the salt and the ion is trappable.
The detection element according to claim 11, wherein the detection element is configured to detect a difference between a non-trapping state of the polymer without the ion trapped in the ion-trapping part and a trapping state of the polymer with the ion trapped in the ion-trapping part based on a variation in mass of the reaction layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.