Patent ID: 6852285
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: B82Y,G01N,G02F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of visually detecting an analyte-recognition moiety complex, formed by an interaction between an analyte and a recognition moiety for said analyte, by transducing said interaction to an organic mesogenic layer, said method comprising: (a) interacting said analyte with a patterned surface comprising said recognition moiety, thereby forming an analyte-recognition moiety complex, said surface comprising: (b) contacting said analyte-recognition moiety complex with said organic mesogenic layer, thereby anchoring said organic mesogenic layer onto said self-assembled monolayer and causing at least a portion of a plurality of mesogens proximate to said recognition moiety to detectably switch from a first orientation to a second orientation, thereby transducing said interaction to said mesogenic layer, said transducing causing said mesogenic layer to register a visually detectable feature; and (c) visually detecting said feature.