Integrated bioelectronic proton-gated logic elements utilizing nanoscale patterned Nafion.

Autor: Gluschke JG; School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. adam.micolich@nanoelectronics.physics.unsw.edu.au., Seidl J, Lyttleton RW, Nguyen K, Lagier M, Meyer F, Krogstrup P, Nygård J, Lehmann S, Mostert AB, Meredith P, Micolich AP
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Materials horizons [Mater Horiz] 2021 Jan 01; Vol. 8 (1), pp. 224-233. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 09.
DOI: 10.1039/d0mh01070g
Abstrakt: A central endeavour in bioelectronics is the development of logic elements to transduce and process ionic to electronic signals. Motivated by this challenge, we report fully monolithic, nanoscale logic elements featuring n- and p-type nanowires as electronic channels that are proton-gated by electron-beam patterned Nafion. We demonstrate inverter circuits with state-of-the-art ion-to-electron transduction performance giving DC gain exceeding 5 and frequency response up to 2 kHz. A key innovation facilitating the logic integration is a new electron-beam process for patterning Nafion with linewidths down to 125 nm. This process delivers feature sizes compatible with low voltage, fast switching elements. This expands the scope for Nafion as a versatile patternable high-proton-conductivity element for bioelectronics and other applications requiring nanoengineered protonic membranes and electrodes.
Databáze: MEDLINE