Nanopillar microfluidic devices and methods of use thereof
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYANN ASTIER, HUAN HU, NING LI, DEVENDRA K. SADANA, JOSHUA T. SMITH, WILLIAM T. SPRATT
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYANN ASTIER, HUAN HU, NING LI, DEVENDRA K. SADANA, JOSHUA T. SMITH, WILLIAM T. SPRATT
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Described herein are microfluidic devices and methods of detecting an analyte in a sample that includes flowing the sample though a microfluidic device, wherein the presence of the analyte is detected directly from the microfluidic device without the use of an external detector at an outlet of the microfluidic device. In a more specific aspect, detection is performed by incorporating functional nanopillars, such as detector nanopillars and/or light source nanopillars, into a microchannel of a microfluidic device.
A microfluidic device comprising at least one microchannel, the microchannel having a bottom opposite a top and two opposite side walls, wherein the microchannel comprises a plurality of integrated functional nanopillars, wherein the functional nanopillars comprise a p-n junction semiconductor material, and further wherein the functional nanopillars comprise detector nanopillars.
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