• DocumentCode
    544245
  • Title

    Interfacing biological membranes to silicon devices

  • Author

    Grattarola, Massimo ; Martinoia, Sergio ; Massobrio, Giuseppe

  • Author_Institution
    Biophys. & Electron. Eng. Dept. (DIBE), Univ. of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
  • Firstpage
    180
  • Lastpage
    181
  • Abstract
    The functional coupling of ion sensitive field effect transistors to biological membranes is described. Two specific examples are considered : detection of 11+ production, as a global indication of cell metabolism; detection of neuronal activity associated with Na+/K+ fluxes.
  • Keywords
    biological techniques; biomembranes; cellular biophysics; elemental semiconductors; ion sensitive field effect transistors; neurophysiology; silicon; Si; biological membranes; cell metabolism; ion sensitive field effect transistors; neuronal activity; silicon device; Detectors; RNA;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0785-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-0816-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760915
  • Filename
    5760915