Fabrication and Use of Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Sensing of Metabolites in Aqueous Media

Autor: Benoît Piro, Giorgio Mattana, Samia Zrig, Guillaume Anquetin, Nicolas Battaglini, Dany Capitao, Antoine Maurin, Steeve Reisberg
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 6, p 928 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
69335893
DOI: 10.3390/app8060928
Popis: This review first recalls the basic functioning principles of organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) then focuses on the transduction mechanisms applicable to OECTs. Materials constituting the active semiconducting part are reviewed, from the historical conducting polymers (polyaniline, polypyrrole) to the actual gold standard, poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene: polystyrene sulfonic acid (PEDOT:PSS), as well as the methods used to fabricate these transistors. The review then focuses on applications of OECTs for the detection of small molecules and more particularly of metabolites, with a distinction between enzymatic and non-enzymatic transduction pathways. Finally, the few patents registered on the topic of OECT-based biosensors are reviewed, and new tracks of improvement are proposed.
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