Overview
Researchers at the University of Maryland’s Institute for Systems Research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have demonstrated the first utilization of virus molecules as a nano-scale bio-template assembled on an electrochemical sensor. The integration of versatile and inexpensive biological Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) as a high aspect ratio, low foot print, low cost, easy to genetically functionalize nano-structured 3D scaffold for the synthesis of novel multifunctional electrodes with an increased surface area result in higher electrochemical currents, better signal-to-noise ratios and improved sensitivity when incorporated into sensors. The results are an increased signal by a magnitude of 8 and a 9.5 times improved sensing performance.Applications:
· Electrochemical sensors
· Printed electronics
· Electrochemical analysis
· Flexible chips
Features:
· High aspect ratio, low foot print, low cost, easy to genetically functionalize, nano-structured 3D template for the synthesis of multifunctional electrodes with and increased surface area
· Nano arrays resulting in higher electrochemical currents, better signal-to-noise ratio and improved sensitivity when incorporated into electrochemical sensors
· Bottom-up self-assembled nano-structured template
Advantages:
· Allow for low cost, rapid and sensitive sensors
· Increased electrochemical signal, higher signal-to-noise ratio and improved sensing performance
Contact Info
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