• 文献标题:   Hybrid CMOS-Graphene Sensor Array for Subsecond Dopamine Detection
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   NASRI B, WU T, ALHARBI A, YOU KD, GUPTA M, SEBASTIAN SP, KIANI R, SHAHRJERDI D
  • 作者关键词:   biosensor, cyclic voltammetry, dopamine, dualslope adc, electrochemical sensor, fscv, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS SYSTEMS
  • ISSN:   1932-4545 EI 1940-9990
  • 通讯作者地址:   NYU
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1109/TBCAS.2017.2778048
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We introduce a hybrid CMOS-graphene sensor array for subsecond measurement of dopamine via fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV). The prototype chip has four independent CMOS readout channels, fabricated in a 65-nm process. Using planar multilayer graphene as biologically compatible sensing material enables integration of miniaturized sensing electrodes directly above the readout channels. Taking advantage of the chemical specificity of FSCV, we introduce a region of interest technique, which subtracts a large portion of the background current using a programmable low-noise constant current at about the redox potentials. We demonstrate the utility of this feature for enhancing the sensitivity by measuring the sensor response to a known dopamine concentration in vitro at three different scan rates. This strategy further allows us to significantly reduce the dynamic range requirements of the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) without compromising the measurement accuracy. We show that an integrating dual-slope ADC is adequate for digitizing the background-subtracted current. The ADC operates at a sampling frequency of 5-10 kHz and has an effective resolution of about 60 pA, which corresponds to a theoretical dopamine detection limit of about 6 nM. Our hybrid sensing platform offers an effective solution for implementing next-generation FSCV devices that can enable precise recording of dopamine signaling in vivo on a large scale.