Sensor comprising pattern illumination-based annealed coated substrate and one …

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/336,799 filed on Jun. 2, 2021, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/216,729 filed Mar. 30, 2021, which in turn claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 63/001,604 filed Mar. 30, 2020, the contents of U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 17/336,799 and 17/216,729; and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 63/001,604 are hereby incorporated by reference in their entry. RIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States for all governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty. SEQUENCE LISTING The ASCII Sequence Text File named AFD-2079CIP3DIV.xml that was created on Apr. 6, 2026, and has a size 18,000 bytes is hereby incorporated by reference in the present application its entirety. This sequence listing places the sequence listing in the parent application into the currently required format. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to sensors comprising pattern illumination-based annealed coated substrate and one or more functional molecules and process of using same. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Current sensors that are used to sense/detect materials such as viruses, bacteria and chemicals are costly to make and/or use. Thus, the use of such sensors are more limited than desired. What is needed is a sensor that can be made quickly, in large numbers-even in millions per day- and yet still provide a sensor capability that is as good as or better than current sensors. Furthermore, unlike current sensors, it is desirable that any new sensor be more accurate and more specific with respect to the material that is detected. Applicants recognized that the source of the problems associated with current sensors were the processing challenges associated with achieving the required size of the active region of the sensor, sensor chemical and structural uniformity from sensor to sensor that were driven by the complexity of the chemical and physical steps of current production processes. Such recognition led Applicants to develop a process of making the substrate components for sensors that can readily transformed into sensors by attaching a biomaterial there to. Such process employs localization of such material transformations, thereby allowing added flexibility in performing steps for sensor processing, such as application and patterning of electrical contacts prior to application of active electronic material. Importantly, Applicants process can be used to make structural and/or chemical changes within a film or other article that results in an electrical component, an optical component or a combined electrical and optical component being created in such film or article to which a biomaterial is attached to yield a sensor. Such process does not require large-scale clean rooms and is easily configurable. Thus, rapid device prototyping, design change and evolution in the lab and on the production side are realized. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to sensors comprising pattern illumination-based annealed coated substrate and one or more functional molecules and process of using same. Such process yields components that can have one or more electronic and/or optical functionalities that are integrated on the same substrate or film and to which one or more functional molecules can be attached to yield a sensor. In addition, such process does not require large-scale clean rooms and is easily configurable. Thus, rapid device prototyping, design change and evolution in the lab and on the production side is realized. The resulting sensors provide a sensing capability that is as good or better than current sensors and can be tailored to sense specific biomaterials and/or chemicals Additional objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description that follows, and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the present invention and, together with a general description of the invention given above, and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the