Fully integrated monolithic optoelectronic transducer for real-time protein and DNA detection: the NEMOSLAB approach.

The development and testing of a portable bioanalytical device which was capable for real-time monitoring of binding assays was demonstrated. The device was based on arrays of nine optoelectronic transducers monolithically integrated on silicon chips. The optocouplers consisted of nine silicon avalanche diodes self-aligned to nine silicon nitride waveguides all converging to a single silicon detector.

A monolithic photonic microcantilever device for in situ monitoring of volatile compounds.

A monolithic photonic microcantilever device is presented comprising silicon light sources and detectors self-aligned to suspended silicon nitride waveguides all integrated into the same silicon chip. A silicon nitride waveguide optically links a silicon light emitting diode to a detector. Then, the optocoupler releases a localized formation of resist-silicon nitride cantilevers through e-beam lithography, dry etching and precisely controlled wet etching through a special microfluidic set-up.

Metamorphic materials: bulk electromagnetic transitions realized in electronically reconfigurable composite media.

We present what we believe is a new class of composite electromagnetic materials characterized by the concept of metamorphism, which we define in general terms. Metamorphic materials exhibit bulk electromagnetic transitions among states characterized by distinct ranges of values of their reflection coefficient. Each such state has unique physical properties induced by the corresponding values of the reflection coefficient.