title: Scalable Production of High-Sensitivity, Label-Free DNA Biosensors Based on Back-Gated Graphene Field Effect Transistors.
abstract: Scalable production of all-electronic DNA biosensors with high sensitivity and selectivity is a critical enabling step for research and applications associated with detection of DNA hybridization. We have developed a scalable and very reproducible (>90% yield) fabrication process for label-free DNA biosensors based upon graphene field effect transistors (GFETs) functionalized with single-stranded probe DNA. The shift of the GFET sensor Dirac point voltage varied systematically with the concentration of target DNA. The biosensors demonstrated a broad analytical range and limit of detection of 1 fM for 60-mer DNA oligonucleotide. In control experiments with mismatched DNA oligomers, the impact of the mismatch position on the DNA hybridization strength was confirmed. This class of highly sensitive DNA biosensors offers the prospect of detection of DNA hybridization and sequencing in a rapid, inexpensive, and accurate way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy and ‡Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia 19104, United States.
authors.forename: Jinglei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ping
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy and ‡Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia 19104, United States.
authors.forename: Ramya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vishnubhotla
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy and ‡Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia 19104, United States.
authors.forename: Amey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vrudhula
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy and ‡Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia 19104, United States.
authors.forename: A T Charlie
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D006108:Graphite; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite; D004247:DNA
keywords: DNA biosensors; field effect transistors; graphene; hybridization; scalable