摘要:
A process is provided for the intracellular manipulation of a biological cell (3) which is positioned adhering to a support area (5) in a culture medium (2). Inside the support area (5) for the cell (3) an opening into the membrane of the cell (3) is created spaced from its support edge. The edge of the cell membrane surrounding the opening, adhering to the support area (5), thus seals off the cell fluid situated in the interior of the cell (3) from the culture medium (2) and insulates the cell fluid against the culture medium (2). The interior of the cell (3) is manipulated through the opening. An apparatus for implementing the process is also provided, including an object carrier (4) with a support area (5) for adhering the cell and a poration tool (6) for creating the opening in the cell membrane. The poration tool (6) may be any of various chemical, mechanical and/or electrical devices.
摘要:
In a carrier medium having at least two defined regions, biological and/or chemical substances are applied to the regions of the carrier medium for analyzing an analyte. The carrier medium is also provided with a stored code that indicates which biological and/or chemical substance is located in which defined region. The application of multiple biological and/or chemical substances to one carrier medium enables multiple analyses to be performed simultaneously on the analyte. This approach reduces the required quantities of the biological and/or chemical substances needed to perform the desired analyses of the analyte. The carrier medium itself does not reveal which biological and/or chemical substance is located in which region; this information may instead be provided by the code.
摘要:
A method is provided for measuring a state variable of a biological cell (3) located in a nutrient medium (2) and supported on and adhering to a support area (5). Within the support area (5) for the cell (3) and at a distance from the support area edge, an opening is made in the membrane of the cell (3). The edge of the cell membrane that surrounds the opening and adheres to the support area (5) seals off the liquid found inside the cell (3) from the nutrient medium (2). Through the opening the state variable (2) is measured. An apparatus for performing the method is also provided.
摘要:
A process is provided for the intracellular manipulation of a biological cell (3) which is positioned adhering to a support area (5) in a culture medium (2). Inside the support area (5) for the cell (3) an opening into the membrane of the cell (3) is created spaced from its support edge. The edge of the cell membrane surrounding the opening, adhering to the support area (5), thus seals off the cell fluid situated in the interior of the cell (3) from the culture medium (2) and insulates the cell fluid against the culture medium (2). The interior of the cell (3) is manipulated through the opening. An apparatus for implementing the process is also provided, including an object carrier (4) with a support area (5) for adhering the cell and a poration tool (6) for creating the opening in the cell membrane. The poration tool (6) may be any of various chemical, mechanical and/or electrical devices.
摘要:
An electric component comprising a sensor and/or actuator chip with a substrate on which a passivating layer and a sensor and/or actuator structure consisting of an active surface area is arranged. The chip is surrounded by an encapsulation having an opening which forms an access to the at least one active surface area. A layer stack is arranged on the substrate, said stack of layers comprising from the passivating layer to the substrate at least one first strip conductor layer, a first electric insulating layer, a second strip conductor layer and a second electric insulating layer. The first conductor strip layer is fully arranged outside the area of the chip covered by the opening. At least one conductor strip of the second conductor strip layer is connected to the sensor and/or actuator structure.
摘要:
In a method for producing a sensor arrangement and the resulting sensor arrangement, a sensor is provided on or in a chip and the chip is covered with a protective cover, the cover being an interface between the sensor and the environment. An adhesive layer is provided between the chip and the protective cover, the adhesive layer alone or together with the protective cover being an interface between the sensor and the environment. The protective cover and/or the adhesive layer may have a channel formed therein, the channel functioning as the reception channel for a sensor. In an alternative embodiment, the protective cover placed on a wafer with several chips, and the wafer is cut up to produce the individual chips with the protective cover. Thus, a sensor arrangement may have the protective cover applied to the individual chip after the chip is cut from the wafer, or the protective cover may be applied to the wafer, and the wafer and cover are then cut up into the individual chips and corresponding covers. The channel leading from one side of the arrangement to the sensor may be taken through the adhesive layer, through the protective cover, or through both. A hole may be formed in the protective cover above the sensor, with the sensor lying loosely in the hole. The reaction volume may be determined by the dimensions of the hole.
摘要:
A device for detecting a gas or gas mixture having at least one first gas sensor designed as an SGFET and at least—one second, additional gas sensor designed as a Lundström-FET. The gas sensors are connected to a processing device designed to analyze the measurement signals from both types of gas sensors in order to detect the gas or gas mixture.
摘要:
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell and a fuel infeed device. The fuel cell has first and second electrodes (cathode and anode). A layer with catalytic activity permeable to protons is between the electrodes. A fuel supply device provides a fuel, and a reactant supply device provides a reactant that reacts with protons from the fuel to produce current. The fuel and reactant supply devices are located directly on the face of an electrode. The fuel infeed device is connected to the fuel supply device for feeding in the fuel, the fuel supply device being one of the electrodes. The fuel supply device also stores the fuel. Besides supplying an electrical circuit with the fuel cell system as a micro energy supply device, the fuel cell system as a fuel infeed device also has an integrated electrolysis unit for regenerating the fuel supply.
摘要:
In a method for structuring the surface of a substrate, a substrate is elastically expanded by the application of a tensile stress so that a surface area of the substrate in which a structure is to be created, is enlarged. Then, in the surface area, a structure is produced that is larger than the structure to be produced. For this purpose at least one solution is applied to the substrate, which solvent contains at least one solid substance dissolved in a solvent. The solvent is then removed from the surface of the substrate so that the solid substance remains behind. The expansion of the substrate is at least partly reversed by the reduction or removal of the tensile stress so that the size of the structure is reduced to the size of the structure to be produced. In the material of the substrate, a compression stress can also be created to reduce the size of the structure to the size of the structure to be produced.
摘要:
A process is provided for manufacturing a layer arrangement (1) having a bump for a flip chip or similar connection. The layer arrangement has a plurality of layers (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11) made of solid material and stacked into a layer stack (8). A recess (10) that extends over several layers (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11) is made in the layer stack (8) transverse to the coating planes of the layers (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11). A bump material (14) is placed in the recess (10). A profiling is created on the lateral boundary wall of the recess (10) by removal of layer material of different layers (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11) of the layer stack (8). The profiling, starting from the surface (9) of the layer stack (8) and progressing in layers to the inside of the recess (10), has at least two indentations (12) and at least one projection (13) located between them. After the production of the profiling, a bump material (14) is brought into the recess (10) in such a way that it grasps behind the indentations (12).