Objective
The aim of the SEMOFS project is to develop a radically new concept for biosensors: a polymer-based card type integrated "Plasmon enhanced SPR"-sensor. The card will combine biologically active surfaces with integrated optics (light source, detection) and biocompatible multi-channel micro-fluidics. The project aims to achieve a significant breakthrough, since all functions will be totally integrated on a single polymer-based chip. The final product shall be manufactured with large scale, mass production techniques. The card will therefore be extremely low cost and disposable while providing increased sensitivity and diagnosis possibilities.
The project will focus on:
- Nanotechnology based bio-sensing concept "Plasmon enhanced SPR" - increases detection sensitivity and access to new information of the biological sample
- Micro fluidics on polymer substrate enabling multi-channelling (further enhancing sensitivity by parallel analysis) and integrated fluid actuators.
- Integrated optical detection concept based on Organic Light Emmitting Display (OLED)/waveguide/miniaturised spectrometer enabling card type integrated solution and multi-channelling.
- Hybrid micro-machining to ensure compatibility of the mastering and replication protocols with constraints of industrial scale manufacturing.
- Validation of expected applications and Evaluation of clinical viability - Cancer diagnosis.
The consortium of the SEMOFS project involves 9 partners from 6 EU countries (B, DK, CH, D, F, UK). REC: CEA (Surface functionalisation and biochemistry, encapsulation), CSEM (Micro Optics); HE: Chemnitz University (Micro Fluidic, technical coordinator), Cardiff University (Production technologies / micro machining); 2 SME's: Eurogentec (Biological probes/targets), Bayer (Schweiz) ex. Zeptosens (Bio sensing solutions); IND: SMB (Up-scaling of the micro fluidics components) and OTH: Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle (Medical expertise, pre-validation test on short population.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors biosensors
- natural sciences physical sciences condensed matter physics quasiparticles
- engineering and technology nanotechnology
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering subtractive manufacturing
- natural sciences physical sciences optics
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09111 CHEMNITZ
Germany
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