Real-time DNA detection using Pt nanoparticle-decorated reduced graphene oxide field-effect transistors

Nanoscale. 2012 Jan 7;4(1):293-7. doi: 10.1039/c1nr11149c. Epub 2011 Nov 16.

Abstract

A large-area, continuous, few-layer reduced graphene oxide (rGO) thin film has been fabricated on a Si/SiO(2) wafer using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method followed by thermal reduction. After photochemical reduction of Pt nanoparticles (PtNPs) on rGO, the obtained PtNPs/rGO composite is employed as the conductive channel in a solution-gated field effect transistor (FET), which is then used for real-time detection of hybridization of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) with high sensitivity (2.4 nM). Such a simple, but effective method for fabrication of rGO-based transistors shows great potential for mass-production of graphene-based electronic biosensors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Single-Stranded / analysis*
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization*
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Platinum / chemistry*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Transistors, Electronic

Substances

  • DNA, Single-Stranded
  • Oxides
  • Platinum
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Graphite