MOLECULAR DETECTION DEVICE

• Main Authors: FUJIWARA IKUO, SASAKI KEITA, SUZUKI KAZUHIRO, NOFUSA YUKI, MATSUNE YASUSHI, KWON HONAM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 27.08.2020
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TESTING

To provide a highly sensitive molecular detection device.SOLUTION: In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a molecular detection device of an embodiment includes a light source 31, a light-emitting layer 42 for emitting different fluorescence depending on a type of a target molecule 60 captured when irradiated with light from the light source 31, and a photodetector 32 for detecting the emission of the fluorescence, in which the photodetector 32 is an array of avalanche photodiodes operating in Geiger mode.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】本発明が解決しようとする課題は、高感度な分子検出装置を提供する。【解決手段】上記の課題を達成するために、実施形態の分子検出装置は、光源３１と、光源３１からの光が照射されると捕捉した対象分子６０の種類によって異なる蛍光発光する発光体層４２と、蛍光発光を検出する光検出器３２と、を具備し、光検出器３２は、ガイガーモードで動作するアバランシェフォトダイオードのアレイである。【選択図】 図１