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Title: High throughput reproducible cantilever functionalization

Abstract

A method for functionalizing cantilevers is provided that includes providing a holder having a plurality of channels each having a width for accepting a cantilever probe and a plurality of probes. A plurality of cantilever probes are fastened to the plurality of channels of the holder by the spring clips. The wells of a well plate are filled with a functionalization solution, wherein adjacent wells in the well plate are separated by a dimension that is substantially equal to a dimension separating adjacent channels of the plurality of channels. Each cantilever probe that is fastened within the plurality of channels of the holder is applied to the functionalization solution that is contained in the wells of the well plate.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1117707
Patent Number(s):
8635711
Application Number:
13/613,627
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01Q - SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Sep 13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Evans, Barbara R, and Lee, Ida. High throughput reproducible cantilever functionalization. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Evans, Barbara R, & Lee, Ida. High throughput reproducible cantilever functionalization. United States.
Evans, Barbara R, and Lee, Ida. Tue . "High throughput reproducible cantilever functionalization". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1117707.
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