• 文献标题:   Label-Free Sensors Based on Graphene Field-Effect Transistors for the Detection of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Cancer Risk Biomarker
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HASLAM C, DAMIATI S, WHITLEY T, DAVEY P, IFEACHOR E, AWAN SA
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, electrochemical biosensor, cancer, diagnosi, electrical detection, alzheimer s disease, dementia, neurodegenerative disorder, cardiovascular, blood biomarker, antibodie, protein
  • 出版物名称:   DIAGNOSTICS
  • ISSN:   2075-4418
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Plymouth
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.3390/diagnostics8010005
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We report on the development of label-free chemical vapour deposition (CVD) graphene field effect transistor (GFET) immunosensors for the sensitive detection of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), a glycoprotein risk biomarker of certain cancers. The GFET sensors were fabricated on Si/SiO2 substrate using photolithography with evaporated chromium and sputtered gold contacts. GFET channels were functionalised with a linker molecule to an immobile anti-hCG antibody on the surface of graphene. The binding reaction of the antibody with varying concentration levels of hCG antigen demonstrated the limit of detection of the GFET sensors to be below 1 pg/mL using four-probe electrical measurements. We also show that annealing can significantly improve the carrier transport properties of GFETs and shift the Dirac point (Fermi level) with reduced p-doping in back-gated measurements. The developed GFET biosensors are generic and could find applications in a broad range of medical diagnostics in addition to cancer, such as neurodegenerative (Alzheimer's and Parkinson's) and cardiovascular disorders.