Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Free radical sensors based on inner-cutting graphene field-effect transistors

  • Zhen Wang,
  • Kongyang Yi,
  • Qiuyuan Lin,
  • Lei Yang,
  • Xiaosong Chen,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Yunqi Liu,
  • Dacheng Wei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09573-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Field effect transistors based on graphene hold promise for future sensing applications. Here, the authors report a free radical sensor in which the •OH radical cuts cysteamine to release Cd2 + from the electrolyte/graphene interface and selectively detects •OH with a concentration down to 10−9 M.