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Study of parasitic resistance effects in nanowire and nanoribbon biosensors

Study of parasitic resistance effects in nanowire and nanoribbon biosensors
Study of parasitic resistance effects in nanowire and nanoribbon biosensors
In this work, we investigate sensor design approaches for eliminating the effects of parasitic resistance in nanowire and nanoribbon biosensors. Measurements of pH with polysilicon nanoribbon biosensors are used to demonstrate a reduction in sensitivity as the sensor length is reduced. The sensitivity (normalised conductance change) is reduced from 11% to 5.5% for a pH change from 9 to 3 as the sensing window length is reduced from 51 to 11 µm. These results are interpreted using a simple empirical model, which is also used to demonstrate how the sensitivity degradation can be alleviated by a suitable choice of sensor window length. Furthermore, a differential sensor design is proposed that eliminates the detrimental effects of parasitic resistance. Measurements on the differential sensor give a sensitivity of 15%, which is in good agreement with the predicted maximum sensitivity obtained from modeling.
1931-7573
Zeimpekis, Ioannis
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Sun, Kai
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Hu, Chunxiao
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Thomas, Owain
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Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Sun, Kai, Hu, Chunxiao, Thomas, Owain, de Planque, Maurits R.R., Chong, Harold M.H., Morgan, Hywel and Ashburn, Peter (2015) Study of parasitic resistance effects in nanowire and nanoribbon biosensors. Nanoscale Research Letters, 10, [79]. (doi:10.1186/s11671-015-0794-6).

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In this work, we investigate sensor design approaches for eliminating the effects of parasitic resistance in nanowire and nanoribbon biosensors. Measurements of pH with polysilicon nanoribbon biosensors are used to demonstrate a reduction in sensitivity as the sensor length is reduced. The sensitivity (normalised conductance change) is reduced from 11% to 5.5% for a pH change from 9 to 3 as the sensing window length is reduced from 51 to 11 µm. These results are interpreted using a simple empirical model, which is also used to demonstrate how the sensitivity degradation can be alleviated by a suitable choice of sensor window length. Furthermore, a differential sensor design is proposed that eliminates the detrimental effects of parasitic resistance. Measurements on the differential sensor give a sensitivity of 15%, which is in good agreement with the predicted maximum sensitivity obtained from modeling.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 January 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 February 2015
Published date: 21 February 2015
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 374627
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374627
ISSN: 1931-7573
PURE UUID: c49e1d1a-8b33-4789-9fa8-1e0741f84b0a
ORCID for Ioannis Zeimpekis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7455-1599
ORCID for Kai Sun: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-6253
ORCID for Maurits R.R. de Planque: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-0513
ORCID for Harold M.H. Chong: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7110-5761
ORCID for Hywel Morgan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-5676

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Date deposited: 23 Feb 2015 22:15
Last modified: 21 Sep 2024 01:46

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Author: Kai Sun ORCID iD
Author: Chunxiao Hu
Author: Owain Thomas
Author: Maurits R.R. de Planque ORCID iD
Author: Harold M.H. Chong ORCID iD
Author: Hywel Morgan ORCID iD
Author: Peter Ashburn

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