Abstract:
A sensor array includes resonator sensors having respective receptor materials disposed thereon. The receptor materials have a physical property relevant to their ability to bind or adsorb one or more analytes in a sample. The physical property of the receptor materials on the sensors systematically increases or decreases in degree from one sensor to the next in the array. The device also comprises at least one detector for detecting sensor responses when masses of the analytes are adsorbed or bound to the receptor materials on the sensors. With this graded panel of sensors in the array, the analytes may adsorb or bind to the functionalized sensors with a pattern of responses specific to each analyte.
Abstract:
Surface modifications to sensors in an array give the sensors different functionalities for adsorbing or binding molecules. A method for modifying surfaces of resonant sensors comprises depositing and patterning a first pre-coating material such that the first pre-coating material coats a first one of the resonant sensors and does not coat a second one of the resonant sensors. Both the first and second resonant sensors are then coated with a receptor material. The first resonant sensor that is coated with a combination of the first pre-coating material and the receptor material has a different ability to adsorb or bind a mass of at least one analyte than does the second resonant sensor that is coated with the receptor material without the first pre-coating material. In some examples, an array of sensors is fabricated with N sensors having up to N different pre-coating materials underlying a coating of the same receptor material.
Abstract:
Surface modifications to sensors in an array give the sensors different functionalities for adsorbing or binding molecules. A first sensor in the array includes a first resonating member having a first surface comprising a receptor material coated over a first underlying material. A second sensor includes a second resonating member having a second surface comprising the receptor material coated over a second underlying material that is different than the first underlying material. The first underlying material, the second underlying material, and the receptor material are selected such that the first resonating member, having a combination of the receptor material and the first underlying material, has a different ability to adsorb or bind a mass of one or more analytes than does the second resonating member having a combination of the receptor material with the second underlying material. Methods for fabricating sensors with surface modifications are also provided.