Biosensors
Detecting more than 100,000 biomarkers in less than 5 minutes
Our expertise
Imec develops biosensing chips with up to 100 sensors per mm2 for fast and accurate detection of cells, DNA, small molecules, antibodies, gases, etc. This extreme miniaturization is made possible thanks to the use of powerful CMOS chip technology with on-chip electrical and photonic sensors and microfluidics.
Key benefits
- Multiplexing,
- Fast measurements of binding events with immediate sample-to-result readout,
- Requires only small reagent volumes (< 1ml) thanks to integrated microfluidics and
- Low-noise and online measurement of analytes
Other technology platforms
PCR on chip
Accelerated PCR-based tests on Silicon in minutes
High-throughput cytometry and cell sorting (FACS)
Sort up to 30 million cells per minute on one cm2
Microfluidics
A whole lab in one cm2
Micro-electrode arrays
For high throughput, multi-modal cell interfacing
Neural probes
The new golden standard in neuroscience
Smart implantable devices
Minimally invasive implants for extremely accurate stimulation of nerves
Biophotonics
For compact and cost-efficient life sciences tools
Lens-free imaging
Continuously monitoring of life processes without disturbing them
Raman Spectroscopy
Build a Raman spectrometer that's 1000 times smaller than a bench-top tool.
Nanopore technology
The driver behind sequencing 4.0
