Minimal False-Alarm Touch-Based Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus Particles Using Poly-Aptamers

Reliable real-time detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus represents a considerable challenge, with available tools requiring extensive sample preparation and/or expensive lab-based equipment to obtain accurate results. The objective in this proposal is to build a touch-screen sensor array to directly capture, detect, and identify model SARS-CoV-2 virus particles with minimal false alarms. This ambitious goal will be achieved by the interdisciplinary team of GE Research scientists and engineers and will be a synergistic combination of the proposed innovations and the prior scientific and engineering accomplishments of the team.