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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Challenges for Field-Effect-Transistor-Based Graphene Biosensors.

Takao Ono, Satoshi Okuda, Shota Ushiba, Yasushi Kanai, Kazuhiko Matsumoto

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. From Sensing Mechanisms to System Co-Design: Graphene-Based Sensors and Readout Circuits.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  2. Engineering two-dimensional electronic biosensors.Nature reviews electrical engineering · 2026
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  5. Cross-Platform Biosensing of Immune Receptors Using Peptide-Functionalized Graphene.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  10. Recent Advances in Xenes Based FET for Biosensing Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  12. 2D Materials in Advanced Electronic Biosensors for Point-of-Care Devices.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Takao OnoSANKEN, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6717-123X
Satoshi OkudaHigh Frequency & Optical Device Works, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 4-1 Mizuhara, Itami, Sendai 664-8641, Japan.
Shota UshibaMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 1-10-1 Higashikotari, Kyoto 617-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7652-081X
Yasushi KanaiInternational Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Kazuhiko MatsumotoSANKEN, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
The University of Osaka · JPMitsubishi Electric (Japan) · JPMurata (Japan) · JPTohoku University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Owing to its outstanding physical properties, graphene has attracted attention as a promising biosensor material. Field-effect-transistor (FET)-based biosensors are particularly promising because of their high sensitivity that is achieved through the high carrier mobility of graphene. However, graphene-FET biosensors have not yet reached widespread practical applications owing to several problems. In this review, the authors focus on graphene-FET biosensors and discuss their advantages, the challenges to their development, and the solutions to the challenges. The problem of Debye screening, in which the surface charges of the detection target are shielded and undetectable, can be solved by using small-molecule receptors and their deformations and by using enzyme reaction products. To address the complexity of sample components and the detection mechanisms of graphene-FET biosensors, the authors outline measures against nonspecific adsorption and the remaining problems related to the detection mechanism itself. The authors also introduce a solution with which the molecular species that can reach the sensor surfaces are limited. Finally, the authors present multifaceted approaches to the sensor surfaces that provide much information to corroborate the results of electrical measurements. The measures and solutions introduced bring us closer to the practical realization of stable biosensors utilizing the superior characteristics of graphene.

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Debye screeninggraphene-FET biosensornonspecific adsorptionsurface modification

Identifiers

PMID38255502
PMCPMC10817696
OpenAlexW4390754414

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