Article

Chemical and biological sensors based on organic thin-film transistors.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1501, USA.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (impact factor: 3.78). 02/2006; 384(2):343-53. DOI:10.1007/s00216-005-3390-2 pp.343-53
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT The application of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) to chemical and biological sensing is reviewed. This review covers transistors that are based on the modulation of current through thin organic semiconducting films, and includes both field-effect and electrochemical transistors. The advantages of using OTFTs as sensors (including high sensitivity and selectivity) are described, and results are presented for sensing analytes in both gaseous and aqueous environments. The primary emphasis is on the major developments in the field of OTFT sensing over the last 5-10 years, but some earlier work is discussed briefly to provide a foundation.

0 0
 · 
0 Bookmarks
 · 
40 Views
  • Source
    Article: Advances in organic transistor-based biosensors: from organic electrochemical transistors to electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors.
    Loïg Kergoat, Benoît Piro, Magnus Berggren, Gilles Horowitz, Minh-Chau Pham
    [show abstract] [hide abstract]
    ABSTRACT: Organic electronics have, over the past two decades, developed into an exciting area of research and technology to replace classic inorganic semiconductors. Organic photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes, and thin-film transistors are already well developed and are currently being commercialized for a variety of applications. More recently, organic transistors have found new applications in the field of biosensors. The progress made in this direction is the topic of this review. Various configurations are presented, with their detection principle, and illustrated by examples from the literature.
    Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 09/2011; 402(5):1813-26. · 3.78 Impact Factor
  • Article: Microcantilevers and organic transistors: two promising classes of label-free biosensing devices which can be integrated in electronic circuits.
    Serafina Cotrone, Damiana Cafagna, Stefania Cometa, Elvira De Giglio, Maria Magliulo, Luisa Torsi, Luigia Sabbatini
    [show abstract] [hide abstract]
    ABSTRACT: Most of the success of electronic devices fabricated to actively interact with a biological environment relies on the proper choice of materials and efficient engineering of surfaces and interfaces. Organic materials have proved to be among the best candidates for this aim owing to many properties, such as the synthesis tunability, processing, softness and self-assembling ability, which allow them to form surfaces that are compatible with biological tissues. This review reports some research results obtained in the development of devices which exploit organic materials' properties in order to detect biologically significant molecules as well as to trigger/capture signals from the biological environment. Among the many investigated sensing devices, organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and microcantilevers (MCLs) have been chosen. The main factors motivating this choice are their label-free detection approach, which is particularly important when addressing complex biological processes, as well as the possibility to integrate them in an electronic circuit. Particular attention is paid to the design and realization of biocompatible surfaces which can be employed in the recognition of pertinent molecules as well as to the research of new materials, both natural and inspired by nature, as a first approach to environmentally friendly electronics.
    Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 12/2011; 402(5):1799-811. · 3.78 Impact Factor
  • Source
    Article: Tuning the threshold voltage in electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors.
    Loïg Kergoat, Lars Herlogsson, Benoit Piro, Minh Chau Pham, Gilles Horowitz, Xavier Crispin, Magnus Berggren
    [show abstract] [hide abstract]
    ABSTRACT: Low-voltage organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) promise for low power consumption logic circuits. To enhance the efficiency of the logic circuits, the control of the threshold voltage of the transistors are based on is crucial. We report the systematic control of the threshold voltage of electrolyte-gated OFETs by using various gate metals. The influence of the work function of the metal is investigated in metal-electrolyte-organic semiconductor diodes and electrolyte-gated OFETs. A good correlation is found between the flat-band potential and the threshold voltage. The possibility to tune the threshold voltage over half the potential range applied and to obtain depletion-like (positive threshold voltage) and enhancement (negative threshold voltage) transistors is of great interest when integrating these transistors in logic circuits. The combination of a depletion-like and enhancement transistor leads to a clear improvement of the noise margins in depleted-load unipolar inverters.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 05/2012; 109(22):8394-9. · 9.68 Impact Factor

Show more

Data provided are for informational purposes only. Although carefully collected, accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The impact factor represents a rough estimation of the journal's impact factor and does not reflect the actual current impact factor. Publisher conditions are provided by RoMEO. Differing provisions from the publisher's actual policy or licence agreement may be applicable.

Keywords

analytes
 
aqueous environments
 
electrochemical transistors
 
field-effect
 
last 5-10 years
 
major developments
 
organic thin-film transistors
 
primary emphasis
 
sensors
 
thin organic semiconducting films
 
transistors
 

Jeffrey T Mabeck