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ArticleNature communications2022

AC amplification gain in organic electrochemical transistors for impedance-based single cell sensors.

Filippo Bonafè, Francesco Decataldo, Isabella Zironi, Daniel Remondini, Tobias Cramer, Beatrice Fraboni

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Filippo BonafèDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2932-9099
Francesco DecataldoDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0669-7369
Isabella ZironiDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-0267
Daniel RemondiniDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-7456
Tobias CramerDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy. tobias.cramer@unibo.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5993-3388
Beatrice FraboniDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-3816
University of Bologna · ITIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on electrolyte-gated and organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) architectures is motivated by the prospect of a highly biocompatible interface capable of amplifying bioelectronic signals at the site of detection. Despite many demonstrations in these directions, a quantitative model for OECTs as impedance biosensors is still lacking. We overcome this issue by introducing a model experiment where we simulate the detection of a single cell by the impedance sensing of a dielectric microparticle. The highly reproducible experiment allows us to study the impact of transistor geometry and operation conditions on device sensitivity. With the data we rationalize a mathematical model that provides clear guidelines for the optimization of OECTs as single cell sensors, and we verify the quantitative predictions in an in-vitro experiment. In the optimized geometry, the OECT-based impedance sensor allows to record single cell adhesion and detachment transients, showing a maximum gain of 20.2±0.9 dB with respect to a single electrode-based impedance sensor.

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Biosensing TechniquesTransistors, ElectronicElectric ImpedanceElectrodes

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PMID36109508
PMCPMC9477811
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