Zhiwei Cai, Runan Tan, Xingye Zhang, Xiaoming Ren, Nan Gao, Ruling Wang, Mingkai Li, Hanping He, Yunbin He, Gang Chang
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Abstract
A solution-gate controlled thin-film transistor with SnO2 epitaxial thin films (SnO2-SGTFT) is successfully utilized for highly sensitive detection of nitrite. The SnO2 films are deposited as channel materials on a c-plane sapphire (c-Al2O3) substrate through pulsed laser deposition (PLD), with superior crystal quality and out-of-plane atomic ordering. PtAu NPs/rGO nanocomposites are electrodeposited on a gold electrode to function as a transistor gate to further enhance the nitrite catalytic performance of the device. The change in effective gate voltage due to the electrooxidation of nitrite on the gate electrode is the primary sensing mechanism of the device. Based on the inherent amplification effect of transistors, the superior electrical properties of SnO2, and the high electrocatalytic activity of PtAu NPs/rGO, the SnO2-SGTFT sensor has a low detection limit of 0.1 nM and a wide linear detection range of 0.1 nM ~ 50 mM at VGS = 1.0 V. Furthermore, the sensor has excellent characteristics such as rapid response time, selectivity, and stability. The practicability of the device has been confirmed by the quantitative detection of nitrite in natural lake water. SnO2 epitaxial films grown by PLD provide a simple and efficient way to fabricate nitrite SnO2-SGTFT sensors in environmental monitoring and food safety, among others. It also provides a reference for the construction of other high-performance thin-film transistor sensors.
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As a peer-reviewed journal for analytical sciences and technologies on the micro- and nanoscale, Microchimica Acta has established itself as a premier forum for truly novel approaches in chemical and biochemical analysis. Coverage includes methods and devices that provide expedient solutions to the most contemporary demands in this area. Examples are point-of-care technologies, wearable (bio)sensors, in-vivo-monitoring, micro/nanomotors and materials based on synthetic biology as well as biomedical imaging and targeting.