Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP
Porous membrane waveguide sensors and sensing systems therefrom for detecting biological or chemical targets
A sensor for sensing at least one biological target or chemical target is provided. The sensor includes a membrane includes a membrane material that supports generation and propagation of at least one waveguide mode, where the membrane material includes a plurality of voids having an average size <2 microns. The sensor also includes at least one receptor having structure for binding to the target within the plurality of voids, and an optical coupler for coupling light to the membrane sufficient to generate the waveguide mode in the membrane from photons incident on the optical coupler.
Vanderbilt University
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Raymond L. Sharon M. Guoguang
Mernaugh Weiss Rong