Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nanostructures

11	CMOS-Compatible Nanowire Biosensors Thanh C. Nguyen, Wanzhi Qiu, Matteo Altissimo, Paul G. Spizzirri, Laurens H. Willems van Beveren, and Efstratios Skafidas

CONTENTS

11.1  Introduction

11.2  Device Construction

11.3  DC Characteristics of an n-Type SiNW FET

11.4  Nanowire Functionalization Protocol

11.5  Frequency-Dependent Method for Biomolecule Detection

11.6  Detection Circuit

11.7  Determination of Change of Nanowire Parameters

11.8  Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

11.1  INTRODUCTION

Seralogical point-of-care diagnostic tests that are able to detect disease-causing viruses, bacteria, antigens, or prions are required for clinical diagnosis. Beyond blood serum, the development of robust and inexpensive protocols that can operate ...