The biosensor based on the electrolyte-gated transistor (EGT) is suitable for opoint of care devices because it can be miniaturized and can be quickly and sensitively detected in real-time with easy operation. It is important to manufacture a biosenso...
The biosensor based on the electrolyte-gated transistor (EGT) is suitable for opoint of care devices because it can be miniaturized and can be quickly and sensitively detected in real-time with easy operation. It is important to manufacture a biosensor with a low detection limit and a sensitive biosensor because the biosensor that is targeted exists in a low concentration in the body.
In this study, three methods are proposed to manufacture a sensitive EGT biosensor. The first and second are strategies to improve sensitivity by suppressing the formation of an electrical double layer. When the EGT biosensor operates under physiological conditions, it has a problem of a debye length screening that covers the target because the electrical double layer is formed by mobile ions. Due to this, there is a fundamental problem that the sensitivity of the biosensor is greatly lowered. The thickness of the electrical double layer formed when the EGT biosensor is operated under physiological conditions was less than 1 nm, and it was considered that detection beyond this was virtually impossible.
The first method of overcoming these issues and manufacturing a sensitive biosensor is to suppress EDL formation by lowering the surface energy of the biosensor sensing surface, and the second method is to solve the debye length screening problem by suppressing EDL formation by applying an AC voltage to the biosensor. This strategy solves the fundamental problem of the EGT biosensor and can be operated as a biosensor under physiological conditions, making it advantageous for application as a field medical diagnostic device.
The third method is to lower the conductivity of the semiconductor of EGT. It is a method of manufacturing a TFT having low conductivity by changing the composition and manufacturing method of a TFT semiconductor and applying it to a biosensor to manufacture a sensitive biosensor. A biosensor with low conductivity reacts more sensitively to the charge change caused by the interaction between the target and the biomolecule module, lowering the detection limit and improving the sensitivity.
It is possible to manufacture a sensitive electrolyte-gated transistor biosensor that can be used as a field medical diagnosis device by developing the concepts introduced in this study and applying them to next-generation diagnostic technology.