Electrochemically Exfoliated High-Quality 2H-MoS 2 for Multiflake Thin Film Flexible Biosensors

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Abstract

2D molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) gives a new inspiration for the field of nanoelectronics, photovoltaics, and sensorics. However, the most common processing technology, e.g., liquid-phase based scalable exfoliation used for device fabrication, leads to the number of shortcomings that impede their large area production and integration. Major challenges are associated with the small size and low concentration of MoS 2 flakes, as well as insufficient control over their physical properties, e.g., internal heterogeneity of the metallic and semiconducting phases. Here it is demonstrated that large semiconducting MoS 2 sheets (with dimensions up to 50 µm) can be obtained by a facile cathodic exfoliation approach in nonaqueous electrolyte. The synthetic process avoids surface oxidation thus preserving the MoS 2 sheets with intact crystalline structure. It is further demonstrated at the proof-of-concept level, a solution-processed large area (60 × 60 µm) flexible Ebola biosensor, based on a MoS 2 thin film (6 µm thickness) fabricated via restacking of the multiple flakes on the polyimide substrate. The experimental results reveal a low detection limit (in femtomolar-picomolar range) of the fabricated sensor devices. The presented exfoliation method opens up new opportunities for fabrication of large arrays of multifunctional biomedical devices based on novel 2D materials.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number1901265
JournalSmall
Volume15
Issue number23
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85065191850
ORCID /0000-0002-9899-1409/work/142249223
ORCID /0000-0003-1010-2791/work/175772242
ORCID /0000-0002-6574-7848/work/211720318

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Keywords

  • Antibodies, Viral/chemistry, Biosensing Techniques/instrumentation, Coated Materials, Biocompatible/chemical synthesis, Disulfides/chemistry, Electrochemical Techniques/methods, Electrodes, Equipment and Supplies, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/diagnosis, Humans, Immunoconjugates/chemistry, Microtechnology/methods, Molybdenum/chemistry, Nanostructures/chemistry, Nanotechnology/methods, Nucleoproteins/chemistry, Quantum Dots/chemistry, Surface Properties, Viral Core Proteins/chemistry