Silicon nanowire (Si NW)-based field effect transistors (FETs) have shown great potential as biosensors (bioFETs) for ultra-sensitive and label-free detection of biomolecular interactions. Their sensitivity depends not only on the device properties, but also on the function of the biological recognition motif attached to the Si NWs. In this study, we show that SiNWs can be chemically functional...

Protein detection using biologically or immunologically modified field-effect transistors (bio/immunoFETs) depends on the nanoscale structure of the polymer/protein film at sensor interfaces (Bhushan 2010 Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology 3rd edn (Heidelberg: Springer); Gupta et al 2010 The effect of interface modification on bioFET sensitivity, submitted). AlGaN-based HFETs (heterojunction F...

Field-Effect Transistor sensors (FET-sensors) have been receiving increasing attention for biomolecular sensing over the last two decades due to their potential for ultra-high sensitivity sensing, label-free operation, cost reduction and miniaturisation. Whilst the commercial application of FET-sensors in pH sensing has been realised, their commercial application in biomolecular sensing (termed...

The transformation of biochemical information into a physical or chemical signal is the basic idea behind a biosensor. The efficient detection of charged biomolecules by biosensor with appropriate device has caught tremendous research interest in the present decade. The present work is related to the simulation study of the performance of a functionalized surface of a biologically sensitive fie...

The transformation of biochemical information into a physical or chemical signal is the basic idea behind a biosensor. The efficient detection of charged biomolecules by biosensor with appropriate device has caught tremendous research interest in the present decade. The present work is related to the simulation study of the performance of a functionalized surface of a biologically sensitive fie...