Method of binding a plurality of chemicals on a substrate by electrophoretic self-assembly
First Claim
1. A method for binding chemicals on a wall surface of a channel, comprising:
- (a) introducing into the channel a first ionic species, a second ionic species and at least one solution having a plurality of chemicals, wherein under a given electric field the first ionic species has ions with higher effective mobility than the chemicals, and the second ionic species has ions with lower effective mobility than the chemicals;
(b) applying an electrical potential difference between the two ends of the channel to separate the plurality of chemicals in the solution into spatial zones; and
(c) binding a plurality of the chemicals to the wall surface after the zones have achieved a substantially steady state speed of migration in the channel.
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Abstract
An electrophoretic technique is provided for moving a plurality of chemicals into distinct zones for immobilization on a solid surface. The technique includes introducing a first electrolyte and a second electrolyte into a channel, and interposing between the first and second electrolytes at least one solution containing a plurality of chemicals. Under a given electric field, the first electrolyte has anions with higher effective mobility than the chemicals and the second electrolyte has anions with lower effective mobility than the chemicals. When an electrical potential is applied across the length of the channel the plurality of chemicals in the solution are moved into spatial zones. The chemicals in the zones can then be bound to the interior surface of the channel. Chemicals so bound to the wall surface can be used to build very small structures such as arrays and electrical conducting structures.
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40 Claims
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1. A method for binding chemicals on a wall surface of a channel, comprising:
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(a) introducing into the channel a first ionic species, a second ionic species and at least one solution having a plurality of chemicals, wherein under a given electric field the first ionic species has ions with higher effective mobility than the chemicals, and the second ionic species has ions with lower effective mobility than the chemicals; (b) applying an electrical potential difference between the two ends of the channel to separate the plurality of chemicals in the solution into spatial zones; and (c) binding a plurality of the chemicals to the wall surface after the zones have achieved a substantially steady state speed of migration in the channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of positioning a plurality of desired chemicals in ordered positions on a wall surface of a channel, comprising:
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(a) binding the desired chemicals to affinity moieties to form targeting chemicals, each affinity moiety having affinity for its specific counterpart chemical; (b) introducing into the channel a first ionic species, a second ionic species, and at least one solution having a plurality of the counterpart chemicals to the desired chemicals with affinity moieties, wherein under a given electric field the first ionic species has ions with higher effective mobility than the counterpart chemicals, and the second ionic species has ions with lower effective mobility than the counterpart chemicals; (c) applying an electrical potential difference between the two ends of the channel to separate the plurality of counterpart chemicals in the solution into spatial zones; (d) binding the counterpart chemicals to the wall surface; and (e) binding the targeting chemicals to their corresponding counterpart chemicals. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A device for anchoring a plurality of chemical structures, comprising:
- a channel having an interior channel wall, the channel wall having a plurality of zones, each zone having a different species of binder chemical attached to the channel wall, wherein the binder chemical species are capable of binding a targeting chemical species and the zones are arranged in order of effective mobilities of the binder chemicals in a solution in a given electric field.
- View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An electrical device, comprising:
- a substrate having a two-dimensional arrangement of a plurality of zones, wherein within in each zone the substrate is attached to a different molecular structure comprised of a binder species coupled to an electrically conductive component and further wherein the binder species is capable of coupling to a target species and the zones are arranged in order of effective mobilities of the target species in a solution in a given electric field.
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