Predicting and rationalizing the effect of surface charge distribution and orientation on nano-wire based FET bio-sensors

Nanoscale. 2011 Sep 1;3(9):3635-40. doi: 10.1039/c1nr10316d. Epub 2011 Aug 3.

Abstract

A single charge screening model of surface charge sensors in liquids (De Vico et al., Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 706-717) is extended to multiple charges to model the effect of the charge distributions of analyte proteins on FET sensor response. With this model we show that counter-intuitive signal changes (e.g. a positive signal change due to a net positive protein binding to a p-type conductor) can occur for certain combinations of charge distributions and Debye lengths. The new method is applied to interpret published experimental data on Streptavidin (Ishikawa et al., ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 3969-3976) and Nucleocapsid protein (Ishikawa et al., ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 1219-1224).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Capsid Proteins / chemistry
  • Capsid Proteins / metabolism
  • Indium / chemistry
  • Nanowires / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Static Electricity
  • Streptavidin / chemistry
  • Streptavidin / metabolism
  • Transistors, Electronic

Substances

  • Capsid Proteins
  • Indium
  • indium oxide
  • Streptavidin