Gubeljak, Patrik;
Xu, Tianhui;
Pedrazzetti, Lorenzo;
Burton, Oliver J;
Magagnin, Luca;
Hofmann, Stephan;
Malliaras, George G;
(2023)
Electrochemically-gated graphene broadband microwave waveguides for ultrasensitive biosensing.
Nanoscale
10.1039/d3nr01239e.
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Abstract
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 single-base 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 one 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.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Electrochemically-gated graphene broadband microwave waveguides for ultrasensitive biosensing |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d3nr01239e |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR01239E |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > London Centre for Nanotechnology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176492 |
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