Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) based BioTransistors

Author

Ouchen, F. ; Subramanyam, G. ; Zate ; Grote, J.G. ; Kim, S.N. ; Singh, K. ; Naik, R.

Author_Institution

Air Force Res. Lab., RXPS, Dayton, OH

fYear

2008

fDate

16-18 July 2008

Firstpage

102

Lastpage

106

Abstract

In this paper, we report the first results on DNA based thin film field effect transistors (TFFET). The DNA molecules are extracted from Salmon´s milt and roe sacs and purified to 96%. DNA based thin films are obtained using different techniques including spin coating, molecular beam deposition (MBD), pulse laser deposition (PLD)...etc. An increase in the overall charge carrier mobility was achieved by blending the DNA molecules with conductive polymers such as PEDOT:PSS as well as conductive nanoparticles such as single wall carbon nanotubes. MOSFETs with bottom gate, bottom contact structures using DNA based thin films as the semi-conductive layer have been developed.

Keywords

DNA; MOSFET; biomolecular electronics; carbon nanotubes; carrier mobility; conducting polymers; nanoparticles; nanotube devices; organic semiconductors; polymer blends; thin film transistors; DNA-based biotransistors; MOSFET; Salmons milt; TFFET; bottom contact structures; bottom gate structures; charge carrier mobility; conductive nanoparticles; conductive polymers; deoxyribonucleic acid molecules; polymer blending; roe sacs; semiconductive layer; single wall carbon nanotubes; thin film field effect transistors; Charge carrier mobility; Coatings; Conductive films; DNA; FETs; Optical pulses; Polymer films; Pulsed laser deposition; Sputtering; Thin film transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 2008. NAECON 2008. IEEE National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

ISSN

7964-0977

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2615-7

Electronic_ISBN

7964-0977

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.2008.4806526

Filename

4806526