Through 15 years of sustained activities in the area of medical microdevices, the McDevitt Lab has developed a series of programmable bio-nano-chip (p-BNC) sensors that are suitable for complex analysis. There are two major classes of sensor ensembles here developed as follows:
- Bead-based devices which are suitable for soluble chemistry analysis
- Membrane-based structures that are ideal for cellular analysis
Both these devices work within the same platform.
The McDevitt lab has employed a variety of fabrication methods to create the p-BNC. Methods include photolithography, wet etching, thermo-bonding, soft-lithography, xurography, hot-embossing, and injection molding. Some of the materials used in the creation of these p-BNC structures include are silicon, glass, polymers, and thermoplastics.