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Title: Chemically-functionalized microcantilevers for detection of chemical, biological and explosive material

Patent ·
OSTI ID:908980

A chemically functionalized cantilever system has a cantilever coated on one side thereof with a reagent or biological species which binds to an analyte. The system is of particular value when the analyte is a toxic chemical biological warfare agent or an explosive.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
7,207,206
Application Number:
11/059,170
OSTI ID:
908980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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