Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube field-effect transistor biosensors
Author(s) -
Matthew R. Leyden,
Canan Schuman,
Tal Sharf,
J. W. Kevek,
Vincent T. Remcho,
Ethan D. Minot
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1996-756X
pISSN - 0277-786X
DOI - 10.1117/12.861329
Subject(s) - biosensor , fabrication , nanotechnology , carbon nanotube , field effect transistor , materials science , characterization (materials science) , transistor , carbon nanotube field effect transistor , engineering , electrical engineering , voltage , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
We report the fabrication of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors for biosensing applications and the development of protocols for reliable protein and DNA sensing. The sensing method we employ is 'label free', relying only on the intrinsic charge of the biological molecule of interest. We discuss fabrication issues that we have solved, for example the preparation of clean surfaces, and the sensing protocol issues that we have encountered. Polylysine and ss-dna, highly charged biological molecules, are used as model systems to illustrate the performance of our biosensors.
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