Electrochemically-gated Graphene Broadband Microwave Waveguides for Ultrasensitive Biosensing

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Hauptverfasser: Gubeljak, Patrik, Xu, Tianhui, Pedrazzetti, Lorenzo, Burton, Oliver J., Magagnin, Luca, Hofmann, Stephan, Malliaras, George G., Lombardo, Antonio
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author Gubeljak, Patrik
Xu, Tianhui
Pedrazzetti, Lorenzo
Burton, Oliver J.
Magagnin, Luca
Hofmann, Stephan
Malliaras, George G.
Lombardo, Antonio
author_facet Gubeljak, Patrik
Xu, Tianhui
Pedrazzetti, Lorenzo
Burton, Oliver J.
Magagnin, Luca
Hofmann, Stephan
Malliaras, George G.
Lombardo, Antonio
contents Identification of non-amplified DNA sequences and single-base mutations is essential for molecular biology and genetic diagnostics. This paper reports a novel sensor consisting of electrochemically-gated graphene coplanar waveguides coupled with a microfluidic channel. Upon exposure to analytes, propagation of electromagnetic waves in the waveguides is modified as a result of interactions with the fringing field and modulation of graphene dynamic conductivity resulting from electrostatic gating. Probe DNA sequences are immobilised on the graphene surface, and the sensor is exposed to DNA sequences which either perfectly match the probe, contain a singlebase mismatch or are unrelated. By monitoring the scattering parameters at frequencies between 50 MHz and 50 GHz, unambiguous and reproducible discrimination of the different strands is achieved at concentrations as low as 1 attomole per litre (1 aM). By controlling and synchronising frequency sweeps, electrochemical gating, and liquid flow in the microfluidic channel, the sensor generates multidimensional datasets. Advanced data analysis techniques are utilised to take full advantage of the richness of the dataset. A classification accuracy > 97% between all three sequences is achieved using different Machine Learning models, even in the presence of simulated noise and low signal-to-noise ratios. The sensor exceeds state-of-the-art sensitivity of field-effect transistors and microwave sensors for the identification of single-base mismatches.
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spellingShingle Electrochemically-gated Graphene Broadband Microwave Waveguides for Ultrasensitive Biosensing
Gubeljak, Patrik
Xu, Tianhui
Pedrazzetti, Lorenzo
Burton, Oliver J.
Magagnin, Luca
Hofmann, Stephan
Malliaras, George G.
Lombardo, Antonio
Biological Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
Identification of non-amplified DNA sequences and single-base mutations is essential for molecular biology and genetic diagnostics. This paper reports a novel sensor consisting of electrochemically-gated graphene coplanar waveguides coupled with a microfluidic channel. Upon exposure to analytes, propagation of electromagnetic waves in the waveguides is modified as a result of interactions with the fringing field and modulation of graphene dynamic conductivity resulting from electrostatic gating. Probe DNA sequences are immobilised on the graphene surface, and the sensor is exposed to DNA sequences which either perfectly match the probe, contain a singlebase mismatch or are unrelated. By monitoring the scattering parameters at frequencies between 50 MHz and 50 GHz, unambiguous and reproducible discrimination of the different strands is achieved at concentrations as low as 1 attomole per litre (1 aM). By controlling and synchronising frequency sweeps, electrochemical gating, and liquid flow in the microfluidic channel, the sensor generates multidimensional datasets. Advanced data analysis techniques are utilised to take full advantage of the richness of the dataset. A classification accuracy > 97% between all three sequences is achieved using different Machine Learning models, even in the presence of simulated noise and low signal-to-noise ratios. The sensor exceeds state-of-the-art sensitivity of field-effect transistors and microwave sensors for the identification of single-base mismatches.
title Electrochemically-gated Graphene Broadband Microwave Waveguides for Ultrasensitive Biosensing
topic Biological Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14118