• 文献标题:   Fabrication of Si Micropore and Graphene Nanohole Structures by Focused Ion Beam
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   IBRAHIM NNNM, HASHIM AM
  • 作者关键词:   micropore, graphene, nanohole, focused ion beam, biosensor, dna
  • 出版物名称:   SENSORS
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Teknol Malaysia
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3390/s20061572
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

A biosensor formed by a combination of silicon (Si) micropore and graphene nanohole technology is expected to act as a promising device structure to interrogate single molecule biopolymers, such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). This paper reports a novel technique of using a focused ion beam (FIB) as a tool for direct fabrication of both conical-shaped micropore in Si3N4/Si and a nanohole in graphene to act as a fluidic channel and sensing membrane, respectively. The thinning of thick Si substrate down to 50 mu m has been performed prior to a multi-step milling of the conical-shaped micropore with final pore size of 3 mu m. A transfer of graphene onto the fabricated conical-shaped micropore with little or no defect was successfully achieved using a newly developed all-dry transfer method. A circular shape graphene nanohole with diameter of about 30 nm was successfully obtained at beam exposure time of 0.1 s. This study opens a breakthrough in fabricating an integrated graphene nanohole and conical-shaped Si micropore structure for biosensor applications.