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Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Ion-sensitive field-effect transistors based on silicon nanowires are promising candidates for the detection of chemical and biochemical species. These devices have been established as pH sensors thanks to the large number of surface hydroxyl groups at the ga...

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Main Authors: Ralph L. Stoop, Mathias Wipf, Steffen Muller, Kristine Bedner, Iain Wright, Colin J. Martin, Edwin C. Constable, Wangyang Fu, Alexey Tarasov, Michel Calame, Christian Schonenberger
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25449
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author Ralph L. Stoop
Mathias Wipf
Steffen Muller
Kristine Bedner
Iain Wright
Colin J. Martin
Edwin C. Constable
Wangyang Fu
Alexey Tarasov
Michel Calame
Christian Schonenberger
author_facet Ralph L. Stoop
Mathias Wipf
Steffen Muller
Kristine Bedner
Iain Wright
Colin J. Martin
Edwin C. Constable
Wangyang Fu
Alexey Tarasov
Michel Calame
Christian Schonenberger
author_sort Ralph L. Stoop (1595866)
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description © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Ion-sensitive field-effect transistors based on silicon nanowires are promising candidates for the detection of chemical and biochemical species. These devices have been established as pH sensors thanks to the large number of surface hydroxyl groups at the gate dielectrics which makes them intrinsically sensitive to protons. To specifically detect species other than protons, the sensor surface needs to be modified. However, the remaining hydroxyl groups after functionalization may still limit the sensor response to the targeted species. Here, we describe the influence of competing reactions on the measured response using a general site-binding model. We investigate the key features of the model with a real sensing example based on gold-coated nanoribbons functionalized with a self-assembled monolayer of calcium-sensitive molecules. We identify the residual pH response as the key parameter limiting the sensor response. The competing effect of pH or any other relevant reaction at the sensor surface has therefore to be included to quantitatively understand the sensor response and prevent misleading interpretations.
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spelling rr-article-93908062015-01-01T00:00:00Z Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors Ralph L. Stoop (1595866) Mathias Wipf (1595884) Steffen Muller (7163030) Kristine Bedner (1595872) Iain Wright (3281406) Colin J. Martin (1772437) Edwin C. Constable (1772431) Wangyang Fu (1933141) Alexey Tarasov (1550632) Michel Calame (1546447) Christian Schonenberger (7163033) Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified Ion-sensitive field-effect transistor Calcium sensing Site-binding model Competing surface reactions Gold-coated nanoribbons Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Ion-sensitive field-effect transistors based on silicon nanowires are promising candidates for the detection of chemical and biochemical species. These devices have been established as pH sensors thanks to the large number of surface hydroxyl groups at the gate dielectrics which makes them intrinsically sensitive to protons. To specifically detect species other than protons, the sensor surface needs to be modified. However, the remaining hydroxyl groups after functionalization may still limit the sensor response to the targeted species. Here, we describe the influence of competing reactions on the measured response using a general site-binding model. We investigate the key features of the model with a real sensing example based on gold-coated nanoribbons functionalized with a self-assembled monolayer of calcium-sensitive molecules. We identify the residual pH response as the key parameter limiting the sensor response. The competing effect of pH or any other relevant reaction at the sensor surface has therefore to be included to quantitatively understand the sensor response and prevent misleading interpretations. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/25449 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Competing_surface_reactions_limiting_the_performance_of_ion-sensitive_field-effect_transistors/9390806 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
spellingShingle Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified
Ion-sensitive field-effect transistor
Calcium sensing
Site-binding model
Competing surface reactions
Gold-coated nanoribbons
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Ralph L. Stoop
Mathias Wipf
Steffen Muller
Kristine Bedner
Iain Wright
Colin J. Martin
Edwin C. Constable
Wangyang Fu
Alexey Tarasov
Michel Calame
Christian Schonenberger
Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors
title Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors
title_full Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors
title_fullStr Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors
title_full_unstemmed Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors
title_short Competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors
title_sort competing surface reactions limiting the performance of ion-sensitive field-effect transistors
topic Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified
Ion-sensitive field-effect transistor
Calcium sensing
Site-binding model
Competing surface reactions
Gold-coated nanoribbons
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25449