ELECTRO-OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE

摘要

A device for detecting molecular binding events rapidly and at a very high sensitivity. A molecular binding material is positioned in a conductive path between electrodes (12). Binding of a ligand to the binding material is detected as a change in a frequency response in applied oscillatory field. The device may also contain an optical measurement system which detects the change in thickness of the molecular binding material under an applied oscillatory field with an without a bound material of interest.