Highly-sensitive graphene field effect transistor biosensor using PNA and DNA probes for RNA detection

2020 ◽  
Vol 527 ◽  
pp. 146839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Tian ◽  
Mei Qiao ◽  
Congcong Shen ◽  
Fanlu Meng ◽  
Ludmila A. Frank ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Tian ◽  
Shicai Xu ◽  
Junye Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxin Wang ◽  
Zhenhua Li ◽  
...  

Graphene has attracted much attention in biosensing applications due to its unique properties. In this paper, the monolayer graphene was grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. Using the graphene as the electric channel, we have fabricated a graphene field-effect transistor (G-FET) biosensor that can be used for label-free detection of RNA. Compared with conventional method, the G-FET RNA biosensor can be run in low cost, be time-saving, and be miniaturized for RNA measurement. The sensors show high performance and achieve the RNA detection sensitivity as low as 0.1 fM, which is two orders of magnitude lower than the previously reports. Moreover, the G-FET biosensor can readily distinguish target RNA from noncomplementary RNA, showing high selectivity for RNA detection. The developed G-FET RNA biosensor with high sensitivity, fast analysis speed, and simple operation may provide a new feasible direction for RNA research and biosensing.


2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozhan Koybasi ◽  
Isaac Childres ◽  
Igor Jovanovic ◽  
Yong P. Chen

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 4213
Author(s):  
Seong-Kun Cho ◽  
Won-Ju Cho

In this study, a highly sensitive and selective sodium ion sensor consisting of a dual-gate (DG) structured silicon nanowire (SiNW) field-effect transistor (FET) as the transducer and a sodium-selective membrane extended gate (EG) as the sensing unit was developed. The SiNW channel DG FET was fabricated through the dry etching of the silicon-on-insulator substrate by using electrospun polyvinylpyrrolidone nanofibers as a template for the SiNW pattern transfer. The selectivity and sensitivity of sodium to other ions were verified by constructing a sodium ion sensor, wherein the EG was electrically connected to the SiNW channel DG FET with a sodium-selective membrane. An extremely high sensitivity of 1464.66 mV/dec was obtained for a NaCl solution. The low sensitivities of the SiNW channel FET-based sodium ion sensor to CaCl2, KCl, and pH buffer solutions demonstrated its excellent selectivity. The reliability and stability of the sodium ion sensor were verified under non-ideal behaviors by analyzing the hysteresis and drift. Therefore, the SiNW channel DG FET-based sodium ion sensor, which comprises a sodium-selective membrane EG, can be applied to accurately detect sodium ions in the analyses of sweat or blood.


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