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Title: Optical sensors and multisensor arrays containing thin film electroluminescent devices

Patent ·
OSTI ID:874173

Optical sensor, probe and array devices for detecting chemical biological, and physical analytes. The devices include an analyte-sensitive layer optically coupled to a thin film electroluminescent layer which activates the analyte-sensitive layer to provide an optical response. The optical response varies depending upon the presence of an analyte and is detected by a photodetector and analyzed to determine the properties of the analyte.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA; Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, IA); The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Patent Number(s):
US 6331438
Application Number:
09/448,499
OSTI ID:
874173
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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