Flexible organic thin-film transistors for pH monitoring

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1963-1970

  Caboni, Alessandra ^a   Orgiu, Emanuele ^a,b   Barbaro, Massimo ^a   Bonfiglio, Annalisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b INFM Centre S3 nanoStructures and bioSystems at Surfaces   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Organic thin film transistors; PH sensor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CONTROL GATES; DNA SENSORS; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; FLOATING GATES; FUNCTIONALIZED; GATE INSULATOR; GATE TRANSISTORS; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS; PENTACENES; PH CHANGE; PH MONITORING; PH SENSITIVITY; SENSING SURFACE; SENSITIVE DEVICES; WORKING MECHANISMS;

BIOSENSORS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GOLD COATINGS; PH EFFECTS; PH SENSORS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 77957133399     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2032779     Document Type: Article

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