Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors

This paper reported the optimal design of label-free silicon on insulator (SOI) “lab on a chip” biosensors. These devices are designed on the basis of the evanescent field detection principles and interferometer technologies. The well-established silicon device process technology can be applied to f...

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Main Author: Zhang, Yaping
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Published: Elsevier 2013
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description This paper reported the optimal design of label-free silicon on insulator (SOI) “lab on a chip” biosensors. These devices are designed on the basis of the evanescent field detection principles and interferometer technologies. The well-established silicon device process technology can be applied to fabricate and test these biosensor devices. In addition, these devices can be monolithically integrated with CMOS electronics and microfluidics. For these biosensor devices, multi-mode interferometer (MMI) was employed to combine many stand-alone biosensors to form chip-level biosensor arrays, which enable real-time and label-free monitoring and parallel detection of various analytes in multiple test samples. This sensing and detection technology features the highest detection sensitivity, which can detect analytes at extremely low concentrations instantaneously. This research can lead to innovative commercial development of the new generation of high sensitivity biosensors for a wide range of applications in many fields, such as environmental monitoring, food security control, medical and biological applications.
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spelling nottingham-472842020-05-04T16:39:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47284/ Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors Zhang, Yaping This paper reported the optimal design of label-free silicon on insulator (SOI) “lab on a chip” biosensors. These devices are designed on the basis of the evanescent field detection principles and interferometer technologies. The well-established silicon device process technology can be applied to fabricate and test these biosensor devices. In addition, these devices can be monolithically integrated with CMOS electronics and microfluidics. For these biosensor devices, multi-mode interferometer (MMI) was employed to combine many stand-alone biosensors to form chip-level biosensor arrays, which enable real-time and label-free monitoring and parallel detection of various analytes in multiple test samples. This sensing and detection technology features the highest detection sensitivity, which can detect analytes at extremely low concentrations instantaneously. This research can lead to innovative commercial development of the new generation of high sensitivity biosensors for a wide range of applications in many fields, such as environmental monitoring, food security control, medical and biological applications. Elsevier 2013-10-09 Article PeerReviewed Zhang, Yaping (2013) Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors. Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 23 (5). pp. 481-486. ISSN 1002-0071 Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Young interferometer; Lab on a chip; Arrayed biosensors; Evanescent field detection http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1002007113001354?via%3Dihub doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2013.09.002 doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2013.09.002
spellingShingle Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Young interferometer; Lab on a chip; Arrayed biosensors; Evanescent field detection
Zhang, Yaping
Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors
title Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors
title_full Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors
title_fullStr Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors
title_full_unstemmed Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors
title_short Optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors
title_sort optimal design of label-free silicon “lab on a chip” biosensors
topic Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Young interferometer; Lab on a chip; Arrayed biosensors; Evanescent field detection
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