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Sensors have traditionally been developed by focusing
on the specific substance or “analyte” they
are meant to detect, without paying much attention to
the mechanism or processes involved. Sadik instead studies
the fundamental interactions between the sensor and
the analyzed compounds.
She holds two patents for her work on a sensor that
allows doctors to take readings for the HIV virus in
minutes rather than the three to four days required
by the ELISHA test.
Currently, her groundbreaking research focuses on microelectrode
biosensors that are able to detect even trace amounts
of organic materials. Myriad applications for this technology
include drug detection (in the place of drug-sniffing
dogs) and bomb detection. She is also exploring a patent
strategy for another technology that would provide an
improved approach for recycling metal ions from industrial
and environmental wastes.
Sadik’s work also helps to move “field testing”
out of the laboratory and into the field and has become
a watershed in the discipline of environmental monitoring.
Her work has numerous civilian and military applications
and helps to improve and defend our quality of life
both as individuals and as a society.
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