Biomolecular devices

Jason Crain (Inventor), Anthony Walton (Inventor), Peter Ghazal (Inventor), Andrew Mount (Inventor), John S. Beattie (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

The present invention provides a macromolecular switch (51) suitable for use in a data acquisition and/or processing device. The switch comprises a macromolecular structure (10) having an ion binding site (14), and is flippable between a plurality of discretely different conformations corresponding to different ion binding conditions at the ion binding site (14). The macromolecular structure (10) is provided with at least one electrochemical input device (43) for applying such different ion binding conditions to the ion binding site (14) in response to corresponding external input signals. The invention also provides a method for data acquisition and/or processing, using a macromolecular structure switch of the invention.
Original languageEnglish
Patent number20040504
IPCH01L 51/30
Publication statusPublished - 8 Mar 2006

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