• 文献标题:   Sensitivity enhancement of potassium ion (K+) detection based on graphene field-effect transistors with surface plasma pretreatment
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YUAN QL, WU SD, YE C, LIU XQ, GAO JY, CUI NY, GUO P, LAI GS, WEI QP, YANG MH, SU WT, LI H, JIANG N, FU L, DAI D, LIN CT, CHEE KWA
  • 作者关键词:   cvd grapheme, oxygen o2 plasma treatment, gquadruplex, potassium ion k+ detection, solutiongated field effect transistor fet
  • 出版物名称:   SENSORS ACTUATORS BCHEMICAL
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   13
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.snb.2019.01.058
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Potassium (K+) ions are essential minerals that are important in maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance in biological systems and regulating bodily functions. However, abnormal K+ concentration level will cause numerous health problems or diseases. Therefore, the effective detection of physiological K+ level is very important in the healthcare field. In this work, we designed, fabricated and characterized solution-gated field effect transistors (FETs) based on high quality CVD graphene for highly sensitive and selective detection of K+ ions. O-2 plasma pre-processing for 10 s yielded a limit of detection (LOD) down to 0.058 pM, and a linear dynamic range spanning from sub-0.1 pM to 100 nM. Meanwhile, as the G-quadruplex conformation possesses strong affinity for K+, the FETs exhibit excellent discrimination against other common cations, such as Na+ and Fe3+. As a result, the solution-gated graphene FETs with enhanced sensitivity and selectivity for K+ can be applied to health monitoring and disease prevention.