A hydrogel capsule as gate dielectric in flexible organic field-effect transistors

Autor: L. M. Dumitru, K. Manoli, M. Magliulo, T. Ligonzo, G. Palazzo, L. Torsi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: APL Materials, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 014904-014904-11 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2166-532X
DOI: 10.1063/1.4901124
Popis: A jellified alginate based capsule serves as biocompatible and biodegradable electrolyte system to gate an organic field-effect transistor fabricated on a flexible substrate. Such a system allows operating thiophene based polymer transistors below 0.5 V through an electrical double layer formed across an ion-permeable polymeric electrolyte. Moreover, biological macro-molecules such as glucose-oxidase and streptavidin can enter into the gating capsules that serve also as delivery system. An enzymatic bio-reaction is shown to take place in the capsule and preliminary results on the measurement of the electronic responses promise for low-cost, low-power, flexible electronic bio-sensing applications using capsule-gated organic field-effect transistors.
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