Patent number: 9840735
Abstract: A device includes a nano-structure made of electrically conductive material. The nano-structure is covered by a barrier coating comprising Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, Sc, Y, Ge, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr, Al, B, Ba, Bi, and/or Mg oxide in a thickness of at least about 1 nm. The barrier coating is deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD). A method of detecting a target compound uses the device for surface specifically creating an evanescent field, measuring the dielectric properties of a medium, detecting the presence or the concentration of a target compound, determining the primary structure of a target compound, determining a deviation of the target compound from a control value, amplifying a target compound, or monitoring the amplification of a target compound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2017
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Inventors:
Reinhold Wimberger-Friedl, Christianne Rossette Maria De Witz, Cornelius Antonius Van Den Heuvel
Publication number: 20150322505
Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a nano-structure and a corresponding method of manufacturing, wherein said nano-structure is made of electrically conductive material and wherein said nano-structure is covered by a barrier coating comprising Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, Sc, Y, Ge, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr, Al, B, Ba, Bi, and/or Mg oxide in a thickness of at least about 1 nm, wherein said barrier coating is deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD). The present invention also relates to a method of detecting a target compound in such a device, the use of such a device for surface specifically creating an evanescent field, measuring the dielectric properties of a medium, detecting the presence or the concentration of a target compound, determining the primary structure of a target compound, determining a deviation of the target compound from a control value, amplifying a target compound, or monitoring the amplification of a target compound.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 25, 2013
Publication date:
November 12, 2015
Inventors:
Reinhold WIMBERGER-FRIEDL, Christianne Rossette Maria DE WITZ, Cornelius Antonius VAN DEN HEUVEL