Field‐Effect transistors as transducers in biosensors for substrates of dehydrogenases

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Contributors

  • Thomas Vering - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Wolfgang Schuhmann - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Hanns‐Ludwig ‐L Schmidt - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Thomas Mikolajick - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Thomas Falter - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Heiner Ryssel - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Jiri Janata - , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Author)

Abstract

A specially designed field‐effect transistor (FET) with a significantly enlarged gate area was applied in a classical urea enzyme FET (ENFET). The resulting high stability and sensitivity toward pH shifts make it predestinated for the measurement of H+ produced in the equilibrium of NAD+ ‐dependent enzymatic reactions, especially when the equilibrium is shifted by a subsequent reaction. As a model, the glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) reaction connected to an ion‐sensitive field‐effect transistor (ISFET) is demonstrated by which glucose could be determined in the range from 1 to 40 mM. A platinum electrode on the gate of the FET permits the measurement of reduction equivalents (NADH) by means of the recently, reported chronopotentiometrical methods. Thus, in principle, a way toward a redox ENFET is shown.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)953-956
Number of pages4
JournalElectroanalysis
Volume6
Issue number11-12
Publication statusPublished - 1994
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-3814-0378/work/156338393

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Keywords

  • Buffer capacity, Dehydrogenase, Field‐effect transistor, ISFET, NAD, Redox‐FET, Urease