MOLECULE DETECTION SENSOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of providing a small-sized and highly-sensitive sensor at low cost. SOLUTION: This sensor 10 has a pump 20, an adsorbing unit 30, a gas chromatography unit 40, and a sensor unit 50 all of which are provided on a substrate 80. The pump 20 sucks in and condenses surrounding gas, and the adsorbing unit 30 adsorbs molecules contained in the gas. The gas chromatography unit 40 separates a particular type of molecules from those adsorbed to the adsorbing unit 30. An absorption film in the sensor unit 50 then adsorbs the separated particular type of molecules. The sensor unit 50 detects adsorption of the molecules to the adsorption film. On the basis of the detection level of the adsorption, a measurement processing unit 60 determines the presence of the particular type of molecules or measures the amount of the molecules. The sensor thus detects the presence of a particular type of molecules or measures the amount of the molecules. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT