Applications of Field Effect Transistor Biosensors Integrated in Microfluidic Chips

Abstract

With the progress of micro-nano technology, the integration of microfluidic technology with a field effect transistor (FET) sensor has made portable biosensing devices of miniaturized structure available. As compared to traditional biosensors that requires large equipment and anti-interfering detection, FET biosensors integrated in microfluidic chips are fully-closed devices with the advantages of high sensitivity and accurate target capturing. Meanwhile FET biosensors integrated in microfluidic chips can be prepared by a simple, batch-produced manufacturing process to achieve label-free electrical detection. Herein, the progress of the FET biosensors integrated in microfluidic chips is reviewed in terms of sensing principle, configuration, and performance. Especially, the applications of these integrated biosensors in the areas of cell detection, gene detection, biomacromolecule detection, ion detection and pH detection are highlighted. This review provides a certain guiding role in the design and development of FET-based biosensors.