Kevin J. Fraser,1 Sang Yoon Yang,2 Fabio Cicoira,2,3 Vincenzo F. Curto,1 Robert Byrne,1 Fernando Benito-Lopez,1 Dion Khodagholy,4 Róisín M. Owens,4 George G. Malliaras,4 Dermot Diamond1
1Dublin City Univ. (Ireland) 2Cornell Univ. (United States) 3CNR-IFN (Italy) 4Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne (France)
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Over the past decade conducting polymer electrodes have played an important role in bio-sensing and actuation.
Recent developments in the field of organic electronics have made available a variety of devices that bring unique
capabilities at the interface with biology. One example is organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) that are being
developed for a variety of bio-sensing applications, including the detection of ions, and metabolites, such as glucose and
lactate.
Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are organic salts, which are liquid at ambient temperature. Their nonvolatile
character and thermal stability makes them an attractive alternative to conventional organic solvents. Here we
report an enzymatic sensor based on an organic electro-chemical transistor with RTIL's as an integral part of its structure
and as an immobilization medium for the enzyme and the mediator. Further investigation shows that these platforms can
be incorporated into flexible materials such as carbon cloth and can be utilized for bio-sensing. The aim is to incorporate
the overall platform in a wearable sensor to improve athlete performance with regards to training. In this manuscript an
introduction to ionic liquids (ILs), IL - enzyme mixtures and a combination of these novel materials being used on
OECTs are presented.
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Kevin J. Fraser, Sang Yoon Yang, Fabio Cicoira, Vincenzo F. Curto, Robert Byrne, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Dion Khodagholy, Róisín M. Owens, George G. Malliaras, Dermot Diamond, "Electrochemical transistors with ionic liquids for enzymatic sensing," Proc. SPIE 8118, Organic Semiconductors in Sensors and Bioelectronics IV, 81180U (7 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894412