Nanoscale 2012-10-21

An excellent enzymatic lactic acid biosensor with ZnO nanowires-gated AlGaAs/GaAs high electron mobility transistor.

Siwei Ma, Qingliang Liao, Hanshuo Liu, Yu Song, Ping Li, Yunhua Huang, Yue Zhang

Index: Nanoscale 4(20) , 6415-8, (2012)

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Abstract

An excellent biosensor with ZnO nanowires-gated AlGaAs/GaAs high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) was used to detect lactic acid. Due to the new structure, addition of the Si-doped GaAs cap layer, the HEMT biosensor could detect a wide range of lactic acid concentrations from 0.03 nM to 300 mM. The novel biosensor exhibiting good performance along with fast response, high sensitivity, wide detection range, and long-term stability, can be integrated with a commercially available transmitter to realize lactic acid detection.