Sensing of DNA by Graphene-On-Silicon Fet Structures at DC and 101ghz
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2015
Abstract
A graphene-silicon field-effect transistor (GFET) structure is demonstrated as a detector of single-stranded 13-mer DNA simultaneously at DC and 101. GHz at three different molarities: 0.01, 1.0 and 100. nM. The mechanism for detection at DC is the DNA-induced change in lateral sheet conductance, whereas at 101. GHz it is the change in RF sheet conductance and the resulting effect on the perpendicular beam transmittance through the GFET acting as an optical etalon. For example, after application and drying of the DNA on a GFET film biased to a DC sheet conductance of 2.22. mS, the 1.0. nM solution is found to reduce this by 1.24. mS with a post-detection signal-to-noise ratio of 43. dB, and to increase the transmitted 101-GHz signal from 0.828 to 0.907. mV (arbitrary units) with a post-detection signal-to-noise ratio of 36. dB. The increase in transmittance is consistent with a drop of the 101-GHz sheet conductance, but not as much drop as the DC value. Excellent sensitivity is also achieved with the 0.01-nm solution, yielding a DC SNR of 41. dB and a 101-GHz SNR of 23. dB.
Repository Citation
Brown, E.,
Zhang, W.,
Viveros, L.,
Neff, D.,
Green, N.,
Norton, M.,
Pham, P.,
& Burke, P.
(2015). Sensing of DNA by Graphene-On-Silicon Fet Structures at DC and 101ghz. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 5, 19-23.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/1103
DOI
10.1016/j.sbsr.2015.05.002
