Issue 88, 2017, Issue in Progress

Highly sensitive extended gate-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor for bioassay applications

Abstract

Herein, an extended gate-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (EG-AlGaN/GaN HEMT) with a high sensitivity for bioassay has been developed. The major difference between the EG-AlGaN/GaN HEMT transducer and a traditional AlGaN/GaN HEMT transducer is the sensing region. By extending the gate electrode and separating the sensing region from the channel of the AlGaN/GaN HEMT, our EG-AlGaN/GaN HEMT has a much larger sensing area and therefore achieves a low limit of detection (0.1 pg mL−1). Additionally, our transducer exhibits excellent linearity (R2 = 0.9934) with a wide range (from 0.1 pg mL−1 to 100 ng mL−1). We also demonstrate that the larger area of the extended sensing region can provide a larger current response of the transducer. The results give a proof-of-concept demonstration of the utilization of the EG-AlGaN/GaN HEMT for trace-level biological detection.

Graphical abstract: Highly sensitive extended gate-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor for bioassay applications

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Sep 2017
Accepted
28 Nov 2017
First published
11 Dec 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 55835-55838

Highly sensitive extended gate-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor for bioassay applications

X. Ding, B. Miao, Z. Gu, B. Wu, Y. Hu, H. Wang, J. Zhang, D. Wu, W. Lu and J. Li, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 55835 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA10028K

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications without requesting further permissions from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements