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Lipid nanotube or nanowire sensor

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OSTI ID:963871

A sensor apparatus comprising a nanotube or nanowire, a lipid bilayer around the nanotube or nanowire, and a sensing element connected to the lipid bilayer. Also a biosensor apparatus comprising a gate electrode; a source electrode; a drain electrode; a nanotube or nanowire operatively connected to the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a lipid bilayer around the nanotube or nanowire, and a sensing element connected to the lipid bilayer.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
Sponsoring Organization:
United States Department of Energy
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,544,978
Application Number:
11/338,512
OSTI ID:
963871
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Functional One-Dimensional Lipid Bilayers on Carbon Nanotube Templates journal May 2005
Langmuir-Blodgett film structure journal January 1997
Direct Sol−Gel Replication without Catalyst in an Aqueous Gel System:  From a Lipid Nanotube with a Single Bilayer Wall to a Uniform Silica Hollow Cylinder with an Ultrathin Wall journal January 2004
Biomolecule-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Applications in Nanobioelectronics journal August 2004
Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Lipid Derivatives on Carbon Nanotubes journal May 2003

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