Carbon nanotube-based dual-mode biosensor for electrical and surface plasmon resonance measurements.

Oh, Jeseung; Chang, Young Wook; Kim, Hyung Joon; Yoo, Seunghwan; Kim, Dong Jun; Im, Seongil; Park, Young June; Kim, Donghyun et al. · Nano Lett · 2010

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We have developed carbon nanotube-based dual-mode biosensors with a metal semiconductor field effect transistor structure on a quartz substrate. DNA hybridization occurring on the Au top gate can be detected by simultaneously measuring the change in the electrical conductance and the surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Since electrical and SPR measurements offer high sensitivity and reliability, respectively, this dual-mode biosensor is expected to provide both of these features.