PHOTO-FET
Integrated Photonic Field-Effect Technology for bio-sensing functional components
| Coordinatore | CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Via Gobetti 101 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 4˙052˙694 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙750˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-ICT-2009-4 |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-01-01 - 2012-12-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Via Gobetti 101 contact info |
IT (Bologna) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT
Organization address
address: Rue Jaquet-Droz contact info |
CH (NEUCHATEL) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Organization address
address: Exhibition Road, South Kensington Campus contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
MOLECULAR VISION LIMITED
Organization address
address: Prince Consort Road Bioincubator contact info |
UK (London) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Organization address
address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
SAES GETTERS S.P.A.
Organization address
address: VIALE ITALIA 77 contact info |
IT (LAINATE (MI)) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
The objective of this project is to develop a miniaturized cheap and disposable photonic device for bio sensing that is capable of performing quantitative diagnostic tests that are currently limited to a hospital laboratory setting. Our target product is a disposable device for monitoring cardiovascular health - an EU-wide healthcare priority. To date Microfluidic (or Lab-on-a-Chip) devices have not been well suited to point-of-care applications. Although the chips themselves are cheap and small, they must generally be used in conjunction with bulky optical light-sources and detectors. The lack of an integrated, versatile detection scheme is a major obstacle to the deployment of portable diagnostic devices. Consortium partners have demonstrated that integration of organic diodes and photodetectors is a viable route to meet this need. The purpose of this proposal is to develop a radically new generation of devices, in which organic photonic field-effect transistors are used for both light generation and detection. The use of transistors in place of diodes has four principle benefits. Firstly they can be pre-fabricated on the substrate (the microfluidic chip), ensuring optimal registration between the organic photonic components and the underlying fluidic architecture. Secondly the devices can be completed by depositing a single layer of organic semiconductor followed by the gate electrode, thus avoiding the need for complex multilayered structures. Thirdly in-plane light generation by the transistors provides improved optical coupling into wave-guiding structures, leading to significant performance gains. And fourthly current-multiplying auxiliary transistors can also be included thereby enabling immediate amplification of the signal at the point-of-generation. In combination these factors offer a compelling solution to the challenge of point-of-care detection that will offer unprecedented sensitivity and superior reliability at a markedly reduced cost