A surface-acoustic-wave-based cantilever bio-sensor

作者:De Simoni Giorgio*; Signore Giovanni; Agostini Matteo; Beltram Fabio; Piazza Vincenzo
来源:Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2015, 68: 570-576.
DOI:10.1016/j.bios.2014.12.058

摘要

A scalable surface-acoustic-wave- (SAW-) based cantilevered device for portable bio-chemical sensing applications is presented. Even in the current, proof-of-principle implementation this architecture is shown to outperform commercial quartz-crystal microbalances in terms of sensitivity. Adhesion of analytes on a functionalized surface of the cantilever shifts the resonant frequency of a SAW-generating transducer due to the stress-induced variation of the speed of surface acoustic modes. We discuss the relevance of this approach for diagnostics applications based on miniaturized devices.

  • 出版日期2015-6-15

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