Nanoengineered biophotonic hybrid device

• US 9,034,623 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2012
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey T. Labelle, Vincent B. Pizziconi
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey T. Labelle, Vincent B. Pizziconi
• Inventors: LaBelle, Jeffrey T., Pizziconi, Vincent B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kosson, Rosanne
• Application Number:
  US13/466,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20130119499A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• US Class Current: 435/173.4
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 10/00 Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 20/00 Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/58 using luminescence generated by light
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/02322 comprising luminescent members, e.g. fluorescent sheets upon the device
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 30/87 Light-trapping means
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/761 Biomolecules or bio-macromolecules, e.g. proteins, chlorophyl, lipids or enzymes
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells

Abstract

Apparatus, compositions, methods, and articles of manufacture are disclosed relating to the design and production of biological components and/or their incorporation in devices and systems, including biohybrid photosensitive devices and systems. In some embodiments, biological components include light antenna structures that collect light and emit Stokes-shifted light to a photoactive non-biological component. In some embodiments, the characteristics of biological components are engineered via force-adaptation of an organism or adaptive system. In some embodiments, biological components are modified by removing reaction centers or other structure not contributing to desired performance.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture comprising a plurality of reaction center-minus (RC−

) light antenna structures constrained to a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a substrate selected from;

a glass substrate;

a light-transmitting substrate;

a light-reflective substrate;

a translucent substrate;

or a photoactive substrate.

2. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the plurality of light antenna structures comprises at least one force-adapted light antenna structure.

3. The article of manufacture of claim 1, further comprising a photoactive non-biological component disposed in the path of light emitted by at least one of the light antenna structures.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 3, wherein the substrate comprises or is integral with the photoactive non-biological component.

5. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein light is emitted by one or more of the light antenna structures in response to light incident thereon, and the emitted light comprises light that is Stokes-shifted with respect to the incident light.

6. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein at least one of the RC−

light antenna structures is isolated or extracted from a force-adapted organism exhibiting a forced adaptation affecting at least one characteristic of the light antenna structures produced by said organism.

7. The article of manufacture of claim 6, wherein the at least one characteristic is a characteristic comprising or affecting the response of the light antenna structures to light incident thereon.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the light antenna structures are physically constrained to the substrate.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the light antenna structures are chemically constrained to the substrate.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 3 wherein the photoactive non-biological component comprises a photovoltaic component.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 3, wherein the photoactive non-biological component comprises a photodetector.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 3, wherein the photoactive non-biological component comprises a photodiode.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 3, wherein the photoactive non-biological component comprises a thermal detector.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 3, wherein the photoactive non-biological component comprises a metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 3, wherein the photoactive non-biological component comprises a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS).