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The reaction center (RC) protein from photosynthetic purple bacteria is an organic structure with the capability of absorbing photons at low light intensities and generating electron-hole pairs with a high efficiency. Application of this biomaterial for energy harvesting and sensor devices has been studied before. A key in employing RCs in an electrochemical device is to immobilize the proteins on an electrode. In this work, ion-sensitive field-effect transistors with Si3N4 and TaO2 gate insulator were tested to measure the success rate in immobilizing the proteins. The results show that by far Si3N4 is a better choice than TaO2, due to the effective self-assembly of the linker molecules. The density of the attached proteins to the Si3N4 transistor was estimated to be 5×109 proteins/cm2 by analyzing the drift in the threshold voltage of the transistor. The fabricated device also presented the feasibility of using the RCs in an integrated photo-transistor.
Arash Takshi,Fatemeh Khorramshahi,Houman Yaghoubi,Daniel Jun, andJ. Thomas Beatty
"Ion-sensitive field-effect transistors with Si3N4 and TaO2 gate insulator for studying self-assembly of photosynthetic proteins", Proc. SPIE 11096, Organic and Hybrid Sensors and Bioelectronics XII, 1109607 (30 August 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527358
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Arash Takshi, Fatemeh Khorramshahi, Houman Yaghoubi, Daniel Jun, J. Thomas Beatty, "Ion-sensitive field-effect transistors with Si3N4 and TaO2 gate insulator for studying self-assembly of photosynthetic proteins," Proc. SPIE 11096, Organic and Hybrid Sensors and Bioelectronics XII, 1109607 (30 August 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527358