Biochips with Nano-Ensembles: Integration with Nanoelectrode Ensembles for Biodetection Applications

Author

Chin-Mou Chen ; Che-Hsin Lin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

7

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

41426

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Nanoelectrode ensemble (NEE) films have attracted increasing interest in recent years due to their unique combination of electrochemical (EC) characteristics, including ultrafast electron transfer reactions, high signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios, and enhanced detection sensitivity [1]-[3]. NEEs are nanotechology-based electroanalytical tools that find application in a variety of fields ranging from sensors to electronics and from energy storage to magnetic materials [4]. The characteristics of NEEs are 1) extreme sensitivity to the kinetics of the charge transfer process [5], which means they are able to measure very high charge transfer rate constants [6], and 2) that they dramatically reduce capacitive currents, which act as noise in voltammetry detection procedures [7], [8].

Keywords

bioMEMS; electrochemical sensors; lab-on-a-chip; microelectrodes; nanosensors; voltammetry (chemical analysis); EC characteristics; NEE films; S-N ratios; biochips; biodetection applications; capacitive current reduction; charge transfer process; charge transfer rate constants; electrochemical characteristics; energy storage; enhanced detection sensitivity; high signal-to-noise ratio; magnetic materials; nanoelectrode ensemble film; nanoensembles; nanosensors; nanotechology-based electroanalytical tools; ultrafast electron transfer reactions; voltammetry detection procedures; Charge transfer; Electrochemical devices; Magnetic sensors; Nanoelectrodes; Nanoelectronics; Sensor phenomena and characterization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nanotechnology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4510

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MNANO.2013.2260459

Filename

6525367