Effect of surface conductivity on the sensitivity of interdigitated impedimetric sensors and their design considerations

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 207, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 1010-1018

  Guimera A ^a,b   Gabriel, G ^a,b   Prats Alfonso, E ^a,b   Abramova, N ^c   Bratov, A ^a   Villa, R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electrical double layer; FEM modeling; Impedimetric biosensor; Interdigitated electrodes; Surface conductivity

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; GEOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; FEM MODELING; IMPEDIMETRIC BIOSENSORS; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 84919362583     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.10.134     Document Type: Article

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