Semiconductor bio-electronic devices incorporating biochemical stabilization layers
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1. A bio-electronic device comprising:
- a semiconductor layer having a surface consisting essentially of a semiconductor material;
a biochemical stabilization layer consisting essentially of a polyhydroxy oligomer, said stabilization layer having a) an interior surface in contact with and bound to said semiconductor layer surface and b) an exterior surface;
a layer of electronically active biochemical molecules bound to said exterior surface of said biochemical stabilization layer to provide an electronically active biochemical layer having its own exterior surface.
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Abstract
Improved bio-electronic devices in which a layer of a polyhydroxy oligomer is provided between the surface of a semiconductor material and an electronically active biochemical molecule which is designed to be bound to the semiconductor surface to provide an electronic device. The layer of polyhydroxy oligomer functions as a biochemical stabilization layer to prevent denaturization of the electronically active biochemical molecule.
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1. A bio-electronic device comprising:
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a semiconductor layer having a surface consisting essentially of a semiconductor material; a biochemical stabilization layer consisting essentially of a polyhydroxy oligomer, said stabilization layer having a) an interior surface in contact with and bound to said semiconductor layer surface and b) an exterior surface; a layer of electronically active biochemical molecules bound to said exterior surface of said biochemical stabilization layer to provide an electronically active biochemical layer having its own exterior surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a bio-electronic device wherein a layer of electronically active biochemical material is situated over the surface of a semiconductor layer and wherein the electronic activity of said biochemical material is reduced due to denaturization of said biochemical material upon binding to said surface, the improvement comprising:
reducing the denaturization of said electronically active biochemical material by providing a biochemical stabilization layer situated between said layer of electronically active biochemical material and the surface of said semiconductor layer, said biochemical stabilization layer consisting essentially of a polyhydroxy oligomer, said stabilization layer having an interior surface in contact with and bound to said semiconductor layer surface and an exterior surface onto which said electronically active biochemical material is bounded. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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