Abstract

Design and fabrication of electronic biosensors based on field-effect-transistor (FET) devices require understanding of interactions between semiconductor surfaces and organic biomolecules. From this perspective, we review practical considerations for electronic biosensors with emphasis on molecular passivation effects on FET device characteristics upon immobilization of organic molecules and an electrostatic model for FET-based biosensors.

Keywords

biosensors; electric admittance; electrostatics; elemental semiconductors; field effect transistors; gallium arsenide; III-V semiconductors; passivation; silicon

Citation

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 105, 102046 (2009)

Date of this Version

5-15-2009

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