Frontiers in Chemistry (Aug 2018)

Graphene FET Array Biosensor Based on ssDNA Aptamer for Ultrasensitive Hg2+ Detection in Environmental Pollutants

  • Jiawei Tu,
  • Ying Gan,
  • Tao Liang,
  • Qiongwen Hu,
  • Qian Wang,
  • Tianling Ren,
  • Qiyong Sun,
  • Qiyong Sun,
  • Hao Wan,
  • Ping Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00333
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6

Abstract

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Invisible mercury ion is an extremely poisonous environmental pollutant, therefore, a fast and highly sensitive detection method is of significant importance. In this study, a liquid-gated graphene field-effect transistor (GFET) array biosensor (6 × 6 GFETs on the chip) was fabricated and applied for Hg2+ quantitate detection based on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) aptamer. The biosensor showed outstanding selectivity to Hg2+ in mixed solutions containing various metal ions. Moreover, the sensing capability of the biosensor was demonstrated by real-time responses and showed a fairly low detection limit of 40 pM, a wide detection ranged from 100 pM to 100 nM and rapid response time below one second. These results suggest that the GFET array biosensor based on ssDNA aptamer offers a simple fabrication procedure and quite fast method for mercury ion contaminant detection and are promising for various analytical applications.

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