Title: SiC Biosensing and Electrochemical Sensing: State of the Art and Perspectives
Abstract: We present an extensive overview of SiC biomedical applications, focusing in particular on SiC-based electrochemical biosensors, a very promising field of recent developments and perspectives. The properties, performance, and potential role of SiC are discussed in comparison with the most successful and popular electrochemically active organic semiconductor, that is, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS), the most used in bioelectronics. To this end, the state of the art of SiC-based devices is first outlined, discussing the most advanced applications in medicine, diagnostics, and prosthetics. Then, electrochemical biosensors made of SiC as the active and sensing material are introduced and reviewed in detail. Because of the growing importance of organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) in the organic bioelectronics arena, a whole section is dedicated to comparing the general features and performance of SiC and OECT sensors based on PEDOT:PSS. Finally, the last section is devoted to the perspective and viability of SiC-based ion-sensitive field effect transistors (ISFET) for the efficient and demanding application of ionic species sensing and offers suggestions on potential sensor architectures.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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