Patent ID: 7132294

Claim:
A molecular recognition device comprising a substrate, a molecular recognition layer disposed on said substrate, and a detector for analyzing changes in said layer, said layer comprising an effective amount of a compound to improve the sensitivity of the molecular recognition layer, the compound having following general formula: (A)-{(B)[—C(CF3) 2 OH] q } r wherein: A is a core moiety having no more than three identical repeating units that are bonded to a (B)[—C(CF3) 2 OH] q group and selected from alkylene, an alkylene-silicon moiety, alkenylene, cycloalkylene, cycloalkenylene, arylene, an arylene-silicon moiety, heterocyclene, an organometallic moiety, and linear or cyclic alternating combinations thereof with up to three oxygen, nitrogen, or phosphorus atoms; B is a pendant and terminal unsaturated group; q is at least 1; and r is at least 2.