Patent ID: 8715981
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: C12Q,C23C,G01N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a substrate including an electrically conductive layer and an electrically insulating layer, the insulating layer including a plurality of pores each having a first end and second open end and a passage therebetween, the first end of each pore being open to the conductive layer; a plurality of carbon nanotubes each having first and second ends, each said nanotube being grown within a different one of said pores, the first end of each said nanotube being in electrical contact with said conductive layer, the second end of each said nanotube extending out of the second open end of the respective pore; and a plurality of nanoparticles, each said nanoparticle being electrodeposited to the extension of a different one of said nanotubes, each said nanoparticle having bonded to it an enzyme for converting a substance into products which further comprises a plurality of electrically conductive nanowires, each said nanowire being located within a different one of said pores and providing electrical continuity from the respective nanotube of the pore to said conductive layer.