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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7288785 | Substrate and method for measuring the electro-physiological properties of cell membranes The present invention relates to a substantially planar substrate for use in patch clamp analysis of the electrophysiological properties of a cell membrane comprising a glycocalyx, wherein the substrate comprises an aperture having a rim, the rim being adapted to fo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 6872971 | Scaffold-organized clusters and electronic made using such clusters A method for forming arrays of metal, alloy, semiconductor or magnetic clusters is described. The method comprises placing a scaffold on a substrate, the scaffold comprising, for example, polynucleotides and/or polypeptides, and coupling the clusters to the scaffold... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6664103 | Chemically assembled nano-scale circuit elements The present invention provides nano-scale devices, including electronic circuits, using DNA molecules as a support structure. DNA binding proteins are used to mask regions of the DNA as a material, such as a metal is coated onto the DNA. Included in the i... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6652808 | Methods for the electronic assembly and fabrication of devices Methods provide for electric field assisted self-assembly of functionalized programmable nucleic acids, nucleic acid modified structures, and other selective affinity or binding moieties as building blocks for: creating molecular electronic and photonic m... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6593090 | High resolution DNA detection methods and devices The present invention provides methods and devices for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule. A set of oligonucleotide probes integrated into an electric circuit, where the oligonucleotide probes are positioned such that they can not come into contact ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6482641 | DNA-based integrated circuit This Invention, a kind of DNA-based integrated circuit, with the DNA dyeing technology, the inlaying principle between anti-cancer medicine and DNA molecules, can change energy gap of DNA molecules to alter the conductivity of DNA molecules. Because that ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6432641 | Conductive metal-containing nucleic acids The invention provides conductive polymers comprising metal-containing nucleic acid duplexes electrically coupled to an electron source. Methods for making conductive metal-containing nucleic acid duplexes are provided, comprising subjecting a nucleic aci... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6294401 | Nanoparticle-based electrical, chemical, and mechanical structures and methods of making same Nanoparticles are utilized to create, through deposition and patterning, functional electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical systems. At sizes ranging from 1 to 999 nm, the ratio of surface atoms to interior atoms becomes non-negligible, and particle... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5707845 | Organic electronic element from modified cytochrome c551 and cytochrome c552 An organic electronic element material has been produced by modifying cytochrome c551 and cytochrome c552 by bonding at least a second electron transfer functional group to an amino acid residue of the cytochrome. The residue for attachment of the additio... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5670827 | Protein-based semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a conductive protein electrode, such as cytochrome c, deposited on the surface of an apatite insulating layer such as hydroxyapatite, fluorinated apatite or chlorinated apatite. The apatite insulating layer is ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5561071 | DNA and DNA technology for the construction of networks to be used in chip construction and chip production (DNA-chips) The invention relates to construction of specific molecular microcircuits by the use of double and single stranded nucleic acids and specific DNA-binding proteins.... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5438192 | Photodynamic protein-based photodetector and photodetector system for image detection and processing A photodetection device uses configurations of photodynamic proteins which exhibit a change in electrical conductivity in response to a corresponding change in incident light intensity in the presence of an applied voltage. The photodynamic proteins are c... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5258627 | Semiconductor structure using protein as its active element A method and apparatus of testing semiconductor properties of a protein. Mercury electrodes are formed in an aqueous solution of protein and protein is adsorbed of the surface of the mercury electrodes. The electrical properties of the protein adsorbed th... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5252719 | Process for preparing protein-oriented membrane A process for producing a protein-oriented membrane which is enhanced physically and chemically by orienting protein and cross linking the oriented protein together, is described. The proteinaceous membrane which is subjected to orientation treatment alon... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5089545 | Switching and memory elements from polyamino acids and the method of their assembly A chemical method of producing organic switching and memory units for electronic computer elements which comprises the self-assembly of said elements from polyamino acids exclusive of flavin and pterin pigments and mono-amino-dicarboxylic acids, and membr... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5004566 | Process for fabrication of lipid microstructures from dry organic solvent Process for forming tubular microstructures having predetermined shape and dimension from surfactants comprising the steps of selecting a lipid which self-aggregates into a tubular microstructure; selecting a lipid solvating organic solvent in which tubul... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4877501 | Process for fabrication of lipid microstructures Method and process for forming selected microstructures having predetermined shape and dimension from surfactants comprising the steps of: selecting a lipid which self aggregates into a predetermined microstructure selected from the group of helices and t... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4255501 | Internally reflective, dye sensitized, wet-type photocell An internally reflective, dye sensitized, wet-type photocell suitably adaptable as a photosensitive element or a solar cell, comprising anodes and cathodes immersed in an electrolyte solution containing a reduction-oxidation agent and dye sensitizers. Eac... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4140591 | Photoelectrolytic apparatus for water splitting Platinized chlorophyll a dihydrate polycrystals are used to expedite the photochemical cleavage of water to yield molecular hydrogen and oxygen. The peak quantum efficiency of this photoelectrolytic apparatus at 740 nm is about 20%.... | 02/20/1979 |
