• 文献标题:   Graphene Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for Simultaneous Detection of Charge and Mass
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OKUDA S, ONO T, KANAI Y, IKUTA T, SHIMATANI M, OGAWA S, MAEHASHI K, INOUE K, MATSUMOTO K
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, fieldeffect transistor, surface acoustic wave, acoustoelectric current, solutiongated sensor
  • 出版物名称:   ACS SENSORS
  • ISSN:   2379-3694
  • 通讯作者地址:   Osaka Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1021/acssensors.7b00851
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We have combined a graphene field-effect transistor (GFET) and a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor on a LiTaO3 substrate to create a graphene surface acoustic wave (GSAW) sensor. When a SAW propagates in graphene, an acoustoelectric current (I-A) flows between two attached electrodes. This current has unique electrical characteristics, having both positive and negative peak values with respect to the electrolyte-gate voltage (V-Eg) in solution. We found that I-A is controlled by V-Eg and the amplitude of the SAW. It was also confirmed that the GSAW sensor detects changes of electrical charge in solution like conventional GFET sensors. Furthermore, the detection of amino-group-modified microbe ads was performed by employing a GSAW sensor in a phthalate buffer solution at pH 4.1. The hole current peak shifted to the lower left in the I-A-V-Eg characteristics. The left shift was caused by charge detection by the GFET and can be explained by an increase of amino groups that have positive charges at pH 4.1. In contrast, the downward shift is thought to be due to a reduction in the amplitude of the propagating SAW because of an increase in the mass loading of microbeads. This mass loading was detected by the SAW sensor. Thus, we have demonstrated that the GSAW sensor is a transducer capable of the simultaneous detection of charge and mass, which indicates that it is an attractive platform for highly sensitive and multifunctional solution sensing.