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Principles of Electronic Nanobiosensors
Unit 3: Sensitivity
Lecture 3.1: Nanobiosensors:
Sensitivity and Types of Biosensors
By Muhammad A. Alam
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University
alam@purdue.edu
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Outline
• Background and introduction
– Geometry of diffusion defines the detection limits
– Sensor must be sensitive to the analyte
• Three types of nanobiosensors
– Tags vs. transducers
• Potentiometric sensor
– Basic operation
– Puzzle regarding analyte density
• Conclusions
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importance of sensi8vity
If the sensor does not notice the analyte, it does not exist!
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Part 1: Geometry of di usion
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Types sensors: tags vs. transducer
Ø Charge Ø Mass
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Ref
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Virus/bacteria Protein/DNA |
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Important as pH-meter and genome sequencers
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I = q n υ× A×
υ = µE = µ VLD
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of a
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