Highly Sensitive and Selective Biosensors Based on Organic Transistors Functionalized with Cucurbit[6]uril Derivatives |
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Authors: | Moonjeong Jang Hyoeun Kim Sunri Lee Hyun Woo Kim Jayshree K Khedkar Young Min Rhee Ilha Hwang Kimoon Kim Joon Hak Oh |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea;2. School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea;3. Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea;4. Center for Self‐assembly and Complexity, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea;5. Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea |
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Abstract: | Biosensors based on a field‐effect transistor platform allow continuous monitoring of biologically active species with high sensitivity due to the amplification capability of detected signals. To date, a large number of sensors for biogenic substances have used high‐cost enzyme immobilization methods. Here, highly sensitive organic field‐effect transistor (OFET)‐based sensors functionalized with synthetic receptors are reported that can selectively detect acetylcholine (ACh+), a critical ion related to the delivery of neural stimulation. A cucurbit6]uril (CB6]) derivative, perallyloxyCB6] ((allyloxy)12CB6], AOCB6]), which is soluble in methanol but insoluble in water, has been solution‐deposited as a selective sensing layer onto a water‐stable p‐channel semiconductor, 5,5′‐bis‐(7‐dodecyl‐9H‐fluoren‐2‐yl)‐2,2′‐bithiophene layer. The OFET‐based sensors exhibit a detection limit down to 1 × 10–12 m of ACh+, which is six orders of magnitude lower than that of ion‐selective electrode‐based sensors. Moreover, these OFET‐based sensors show highly selective discrimination of ACh+ over choline (Ch+). The findings demonstrate a viable method for the fabrication of OFET‐based biosensors with high sensitivity and selectivity, and allow for practical applications of OFETs as high‐performance sensors for biogenic substances. |
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Keywords: | acetylcholine biosensors organic electronics transistors sensitivity |
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