Journal
SENSORS
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages 22192-22208Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s150922192
Keywords
COMSOL; biosensor; gold nanoparticles; interdigitated electrodes
Funding
- Canadian National Research Council/National Institute for Nanotechnology (NRC/NINT)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS), Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures (AITF)
- Alberta Innovates [201201143] Funding Source: researchfish
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In this paper, we describe a point-of-care biosensor design. The uniqueness of our design is in its capability for detecting a wide variety of target biomolecules and the simplicity of nanoparticle enhanced electrical detection. The electrical properties of interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) and the mechanism for gold nanoparticle-enhanced impedance-based biosensor systems based on these electrodes are simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Understanding these properties and how they can be affected is vital in designing effective biosensor devices. Simulations were used to show electrical screening develop over time for IDEs in a salt solution, as well as the electric field between individual digits of electrodes. Using these simulations, it was observed that gold nanoparticles bound closely to IDEs can lower the electric field magnitude between the digits of the electrode. The simulations are also shown to be a useful design tool in optimizing sensor function. Various different conditions, such as electrode dimensions and background ion concentrations, are shown to have a significant impact on the simulations.
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