申请人:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
公开号:US11119098B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
Embodiments described herein may be useful in the detection of analytes. The systems and methods may allow for a relatively simple and rapid way for detecting analytes such as chemical and/or biological analytes and may be useful in numerous applications including sensing, food manufacturing, medical diagnostics, performance materials, dynamic lenses, water monitoring, environmental monitoring, detection of proteins, detection of DNA, among other applications. For example, the systems and methods described herein may be used for determining the presence of a contaminant such as bacteria (e.g., detecting pathogenic bacteria in food and water samples which helps to prevent widespread infection, illness, and even death). Advantageously, the systems and methods described herein may not have the drawbacks in current detection technologies including, for example, relatively high costs, long enrichment steps and analysis times, and/or the need for extensive user training. Another advantageous feature provided by the systems and methods described herein includes fabrication in a relatively large scale. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may be used in conjunction with a detector including handheld detectors incorporated with, for example, smartphones (e.g., for the on-site detection of analytes such as pathogenic bacteria).
本文所述的实施方案可用于检测分析物。这些系统和方法能够以相对简单和快速的方式检测分析物,如化学和/或生物分析物,可用于多种应用,包括传感、食品制造、医疗诊断、高性能材料、动态透镜、水监测、环境监测、蛋白质检测、DNA 检测等。例如,本文所述的系统和方法可用于确定是否存在细菌等污染物(例如,检测食物和水样本中的致病细菌,这有助于防止大面积感染、疾病甚至死亡)。有利的是,本文所述系统和方法可能没有当前检测技术的缺点,例如,成本相对较高、富集步骤和分析时间较长,和/或需要对用户进行大量培训。本文所述系统和方法提供的另一个有利特征包括相对大规模的制造。在某些实施方案中,系统和方法可与检测器结合使用,包括与智能手机等结合的手持式检测器(例如,用于现场检测病原菌等分析物)。