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公开(公告)号:EP1723421A1
公开(公告)日:2006-11-22
申请号:EP05724263.8
申请日:2005-03-02
发明人: WEINBERG, Marc, S. , BORENSTEIN, Jeffrey , DUBÉ, Christopher, E. , HOPKINS, Ralph , CARLEN, Edwin
IPC分类号: G01N33/543 , G01N29/02 , C12Q1/68
CPC分类号: G01N33/54373 , G01N27/227 , G01N27/3276 , G01N2291/02863 , Y10S436/806
摘要: Electrostatic capacitance measurements are used to detect chemical or biological analytes, or chemical interactions, with great sensitivity. A diaphragm is coated with a material capable of selectively interacting with an analyte of interest, and interaction of the analyte with the coating exerts stresses tangential to the diaphragm's surface. These stresses cause diaphragm displacements that are sensed as varying capacitance.