Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2013
Assignee:
Sirigen Group Limited
Inventors:
Brent S. Gaylord, Jean M. Wheeler, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Yongchao Liang, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Frank Peter Uckert, Lan T. Tran, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Trung Nguyen, Russell A. Baldocchi
Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2011
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2013
Assignee:
Sirigen Group Limited
Inventors:
Brent S. Gaylord, Jean M. Wheeler, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Frank Peter Uckert, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman
Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2011
Date of Patent:
January 29, 2013
Assignee:
Sirigen Group Limited
Inventors:
Brent S. Gaylord, Jean M. Wheeler, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Frank Peter Uckert, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang