Nucleobase adsorbed at graphene devices: Enhance bio-sensorics

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Contributors

  • Bo Song - , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Gianaurelio Cuniberti - , Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Stefano Sanvito - , Trinity College Dublin (Author)
  • Haiping Fang - , University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Author)

Abstract

Graphene as a good material for sensing single small molecules is hardly believed to identify bio-molecules via electrical currents. This is because bio-molecules tend to bind to graphene through non-covalent bonds, such as pi-pi stacking interaction, which is not customarily considered to induce a clear perturbation of the graphene electronic structure. In contrast to these expectations, we demonstrate that oxygen in nucleobases adsorbed on graphene with pi-pi stacking interaction can clearly alter the electric current even in water at room temperature. This property allows us to devise the strategies employing graphene as material of choice in bio-sensorics, bio-chips. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3681579]

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number063101
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume100
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 6 Feb 2012
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

WOS 000300214000061
Scopus 84857223586

Keywords

Keywords

  • Adsorption, Biosensors, Electronic structure, Graphene, sensor, nucleobase