Advanced Sensor for Detecting Isomers
Moires Instruments has been funded by the National Science Foundation to advance our core Stark Microchip Technology® in order to more readily and rapidly detect, identify, and characterize chemical isomers and their different conformational forms.
Stark Microchip Technology®
We develop various topologies of microstructured electrodes and high electric fields to manipulate and distinguish molecules. Molecules may be pushed or pulled by the fields depending on their orientations in the field and the magnitude of their polarity (“dipole moment”) which, in turn, is highly sensitive to the molecule’s 3D shape.
Every Molecules is a Piece of Work™
Since molecular isomers weigh the same, their identification via mass spectrometry is complicated and typically requires time-consuming “method development” work. Our sensor, on the other hand, reduces this work by using dipole moments to distinguish all isomers and their conformers in a single spectrum, resulting in 2-to-3 orders of magnitude higher isomer/conformer discrimination capabilities.
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Our Team
Liam M. Duffy, Ph.D
Demitri Balabanov, Ph.D
Liam M. Duffy, Ph.D
Founder & CTO
David Koester
Demitri Balabanov, Ph.D
Liam M. Duffy, Ph.D
VP of Operations
Demitri Balabanov, Ph.D
Demitri Balabanov, Ph.D
Demitri Balabanov, Ph.D
VP of Product Development
News & Updates
Research Presented at SERMACS - 2023
Moires Instruments Completes "Beat-the-Odds Boot Camp"
Moires Instruments Completes "Beat-the-Odds Boot Camp"
Our research has been presented at the 2023 Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) in Durham, North Carolina.
Moires Instruments Completes "Beat-the-Odds Boot Camp"
Moires Instruments Completes "Beat-the-Odds Boot Camp"
Moires Instruments Completes "Beat-the-Odds Boot Camp"
The NSF SBIR “Beat-the-Odds Boot Camp” provides Phase I awardees with entrepreneurial training designed for early-stage companies that draws on the methods and customer discovery curriculum used in the NSF I-Corps™ Program.
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Moires Instruments Completes "Beat-the-Odds Boot Camp"
Moires Instruments Receives OneNC Grant
Scores of NC companies land state grants up to $75,000 linked to federal awards – here’s the list - by WRAL TechWire
Moires Instruments Receives OneNC Grant
Research Presented at 69th ASMS Conference
Moires Instruments Receives OneNC Grant
The North Carolina Board of Science,
Technology & Innovation, has awarded $75,000 to Moires Instruments to further develop their innovative technology.
Moires Instruments Receives NSF Grant
Research Presented at 69th ASMS Conference
Research Presented at 69th ASMS Conference
National Science Foundation awarded US$256,000 to Moires Instruments as part of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program for "A Radio Frequency Quadrupole Stark Decelerator to Identify Isomers and Conformers and Measure their Effective Dipole Moments"
Research Presented at 69th ASMS Conference
Research Presented at 69th ASMS Conference
Research Presented at 69th ASMS Conference
Our research has been presented at the annual American Society for Mass Spectrometry Conference.