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Compact, Field-Portable Biological Warfare Agent Detector Using Enhanced Fluorescence Detection
Phone: (310) 320-3088
Physical Optics Corporation's R&D Division (POC R&D) proposes this optional Phase I follow-on task as requested in the Air Force section of DoD SBIR Solicitation 94.1. In the Phase I proposal, POC proposed an innovative, rapid screening biosensor based on the enhancement of fluorescent immunoassay signals by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The combined use of these two optical sensing techniques enables the development of a versatile biosensor that will outperform either fluorescence assay or surface plasmon resonance, individually. The waveguide based biosensor will utlimately allow handheld operation for screening a wide variety of analytes of interest to both the military and civilian sectors. This option task will involve the development of preliminary design concepts for a field-testable biosensor prototype to be developed during Phase II.
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