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AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsRainer Hintsche, Manfred Paeschke, Uwe Schnakenberg, Ulla Wollenberger
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The invention relates to an electrochemical sensor with interdigital micro-electrodes (1) with structure widths in the sub-.mu.m range. With a twin or multi-pair array of the interdigital micro-electrodes on a substrate (8), the electrochemical detection of molecules with high sensitivity is made possible and further uses for the detection of chemical reaction cycles are made available. The electrodes may be arranged in a micro-channel applied to the substrate having a constant small volume of a few nanoliters. The electrochemical sensor of the invention is suitable for the multiple measurement of the same species of molecule or as a multi-sensitive sensor in chemical analysis and process control in various fields such as biotechnology, environmental protection or health.
An electrochemical sensor, comprising:
A method of utilizing an electrochemical sensor of the kind comprising substantially dielectric first planar substrate means, a plurality of micro-electrode means provided on said first dielectric substrate means and arranged as an array extending along a set axis and each comprising first and second sets of substantially parallel finger means of set lengths and widths extending in a direction normal to said axis and being interdigitally arranged in electrical insulation from each other, and further comprising reference electrode means on said first substrate means in electrical insulation from said micro-electrode means, and means for connecting said micro-electrode means and said reference electrode means to electrical potential source means for multiple measurement of the same measuring effect, comprising the steps of:
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