Quantum capacitance as a reagentless molecular sensing element

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2017-10-28

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Bueno, Paulo R. [UNESP]
Bedatty Fernandes, Flávio C. [UNESP]
Davis, Jason J.

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The application of nanoscale capacitance as a transduction of molecular recognition relevant to molecular diagnostics is demonstrated. The energy-related signal relates directly to the electron occupation of quantized states present in readily fabricated molecular junctions such as those presented by redox switchable self-assembled molecular monolayers, reduced graphene oxide or redox-active graphene composite films, assembled on standard metallic or micro-fabricated electrodes. Sensor design is thus based on the response of a confined and resolved electronic density of states to target binding and the associated change in interfacial chemical potential. Demonstrated herein with a number of clinically important markers, this represents a new potent and ultrasensitive molecular detection enabling energy transducer principle capable of quantifying, in a single step and reagentless manner, markers within biological fluid.

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Nanoscale, v. 9, n. 40, p. 15362-15370, 2017.