AC Amplification Gain in Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECTs) for Impedance-based Single Cell Sensors
Filippo Bonafè a, Francesco Decataldo a, Isabella Zironi a, Daniel Remondini a, Tobias Cramer a, Beatrice Fraboni a
a University of Bologna, Viale Carlo Berti Pichat 6/2, Bologna, Italy
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2023 Conference (MATSUSFall23)
#BIOEL - Bioelectronics
Torremolinos, Spain, 2023 October 16th - 20th
Organizers: Francesca Santoro and Achilleas Savva
Oral, Filippo Bonafè, presentation 248
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2023.248
Publication date: 18th July 2023

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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