Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Real-time reliable determination of binding kinetics of DNA hybridization using a multi-channel graphene biosensor

  • Shicai Xu,
  • Jian Zhan,
  • Baoyuan Man,
  • Shouzhen Jiang,
  • Weiwei Yue,
  • Shoubao Gao,
  • Chengang Guo,
  • Hanping Liu,
  • Zhenhua Li,
  • Jihua Wang,
  • Yaoqi Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14902
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Monitoring DNA binding and single-base mismatches accurately in real time is difficult, especially for miniaturized devices. Here the authors report a graphene field-effect transistor array capable of reliably measuring DNA hybridization kinetics and affinity at the picomolar level.