Interface circuits for affinity-free, label-free molecular detection platform

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Abstract
The field of molecular diagnostics is dominated by affinity-based techniques (e.g., ELISA) where the critical signal processing steps are implemented in the chemical domain. This makes affinity-based techniques time consuming, expensive, and difficult to execute reliably outside of a laboratory environment. Affinity-free techniques address these problems by implementing the critical signal processing steps in the digital domain, where computation is more flexible and efficient. In this thesis we describe the development and implementation of electronic instrumentation for an affinity-free molecular sensing platform that records the vibrational signatures of proteins in blood using a nanoscale electrochemical interface. The sensing mechanism relies on coherent interference of electron wave functions at the interface between a nanoscale working electrode and a liquid electrolyte. Coherence at the sensing interface is enabled by low-noise potentiostatic feedback, which reduces the effective temperature of the electrons.

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Type of resource text
Form electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource
Extent 1 online resource.
Place California
Place [Stanford, California]
Publisher [Stanford University]
Copyright date 2019; ©2019
Publication date 2019; 2019
Issuance monographic
Language English

Creators/Contributors

Author Fischer, Sean
Degree supervisor Murmann, Boris
Thesis advisor Murmann, Boris
Thesis advisor Arbabian, Amin
Thesis advisor Howe, Roger Thomas
Degree committee member Arbabian, Amin
Degree committee member Howe, Roger Thomas
Associated with Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering.

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Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility Sean Fischer.
Note Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Thesis Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019.
Location electronic resource

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Copyright
© 2019 by Sean Fischer
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

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