Ausgezeichnet mit dem Zuschuss der National Institutes of Health (NIH) zur Entwicklung winziger Sensoren, die kleiner als Ihre Fingerspitze sind und das Vorhandensein von Nanopartikeln des COVID-19-Virus auf Bildschirmen, Tischen und anderen Oberflächen erkennen können

(WK-intern) – Das multidisziplinäre Team von GE Research wird auf jahrelange Entwicklung und kommerziellen Erfolg mit physikalischen, Umwelt-, Gas- und Biosensoren für die industrielle Überwachung zurückgreifen

Die Arbeit des Teams wurde in den Zeitschriften Nature Electronics 2020 und Lab on a Chip 2021 vorgestellt

NISKAYUNA, New York – GE Research erhält ein 24-monatiges NIH-Stipendium (U01AA029324) des RADx- rad Programm zur Entwicklung von Miniatursensoren, die das Vorhandensein der COVID-19-Virus-Nanopartikel auf einer Reihe verschiedener Oberflächen erfassen können.

GE Scientists Developing Technology to Add COVID-19 Virus Detector to Your Mobile Device

Awarded National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop tiny sensors smaller than your fingertip that can detect the presence of COVID-19 virus nano-particles on screens, tables and other surfaces

Multi-disciplinary team from GE Research will draw from years of development and commercial success with physical, environmental, gas and biosensors for industrial monitoring

The Team’s work has been featured in journals Nature Electronics 2020 and Lab on a Chip 2021

Over the past decade, Potyrailo and the sensing teams at GE Research have made tremendous strides in developing miniaturized sensing technologies that deliver the superior performance and acute sensing capabilities similar to high-end, large analytical instruments you would find in a typical lab.

“We have developed tiny sensors smaller than a fingertip that have the same detection capabilities as the high-end analytical instruments the size of a microwave oven,” Potyrailo added. “By delivering this exquisite detection capability of a conventional high-end analytical instrument in a such a small form factor, we can now consider sensing applications that you could envision being implemented as a sensor surface on a mobile phone or on a device even smaller than that.”

Potyrailo noted that the breakthrough sensing technology being developed is extremely reliable and good at isolating the detection without the interference of other elements. “Our sensors are sort of like bloodhounds,” Potyrailo added. “We train them to detect a specific thing, and they are able to do that well without being thrown of the trail by something else.“

As part of the two – year project, the sensing team will demonstrate the reliable detection of a few nano-particles of concern such as those related to the COVID-19 in the presence of diverse kinds of common interferences.

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PB: Caption: Shown is a concept for the direct detection of minute levels of COVID-19 virus particles on surfaces by using engineered bioreceptors attached to electronic nano-sensors. GE scientists are developing sensing technology as part of the NIH project, which could potentially be integrated into mobile devices (e.g. smartphones, smartwatches) and other types of surfaces (e.g. fingerprint scanners, computer keyboards, wall-mounted sensors).

(Bildunterschrift: Dargestellt ist ein Konzept zum direkten Nachweis winziger Mengen von COVID-19-Viruspartikeln auf Oberflächen mithilfe von technischen Biorezeptoren, die an elektronischen Nanosensoren angebracht sind. GE-Wissenschaftler entwickeln im Rahmen des NIH-Projekts Sensortechnologien, die möglicherweise in mobile Geräte (z. B. Smartphones, Smartwatches) und andere Arten von Oberflächen (z. B. Fingerabdruckscanner, Computertastaturen, an der Wand montierte Sensoren) integriert werden könnten.)