• 文献标题:   A graphene-based physiometer array for the analysis of single biological cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PAULUS GLC, NELSON JT, LEE KY, WANG QH, REUEL NF, GRASSBAUGH BR, KRUSS S, LANDRY MP, KANG JW, ENDE EV, ZHANG JQ, MU B, DASARI RR, OPEL CF, WITTRUP KD, STRANO MS
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   MIT
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep06865
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

A significant advantage of a graphene biosensor is that it inherently represents a continuum of independent and aligned sensor-units. We demonstrate a nanoscale version of a micro-physiometer - a device that measures cellular metabolic activity from the local acidification rate. Graphene functions as a matrix of independent pH sensors enabling subcellular detection of proton excretion. Raman spectroscopy shows that aqueous protons p-dope graphene - in agreement with established doping trajectories, and that graphene displays two distinct pKa values (2.9 and 14.2), corresponding to dopants physi- and chemisorbing to graphene respectively. The graphene physiometer allows micron spatial resolution and can differentiate immunoglobulin (IgG)-producing human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells from non-IgG-producing control cells. Population-based analyses allow mapping of phenotypic diversity, variances in metabolic activity, and cellular adhesion. Finally we show this platform can be extended to the detection of other analytes, e. g. dopamine. This work motivates the application of graphene as a unique biosensor for (sub) cellular interrogation.