• 文献标题:   Accurately Detecting Trace-Level Infectious Agents by an Electro-Enhanced Graphene Transistor
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   DAI CH, YANG Y, XIONG HW, WANG XJ, GOU J, LI PT, WU YG, CHEN YH, KONG DR, YANG YT, JI DZ, KONG JL, WEE ATS, LIU YQ, GUO MQ, WEI DC
  • 作者关键词:   accuracy, biosensor, fieldeffect transistor, infectious agent
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202300151 EA MAR 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

For epidemic prevention and control, molecular diagnostic techniques such as field-effect transistor (FET) biosensors is developed for rapid screening of infectious agents, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, SARS-CoV-2, rhinovirus, and others. They obtain results within a few minutes but exhibit diminished sensitivity (<75%) in unprocessed biological samples due to insufficient recognition of low-abundance analytes. Here, an electro-enhanced strategy is developed for the precise detection of trace-level infectious agents by liquid-gate graphene field-effect transistors (LG-GFETs). The applied gate bias preconcentrates analytes electrostatically at the sensing interface, contributing to a 10-fold signal enhancement and a limit of detection down to 5 x 10(-16) g mL(-1) MPT64 protein in serum. Of 402 participants, sensitivity in tuberculosis, COVID-19 and human rhinovirus assays reached 97.3% (181 of 186), and specificity is 98.6% (213 of 216) with a response time of <60 s. This study solves a long-standing dilemma that response speed and result accuracy of molecular diagnostics undergo trade-offs in unprocessed biological samples, holding unique promise in high-quality and population-wide screening of infectious diseases.