Evaluation of Complexation Ability Using a Sensor Electrode Chip Equipped with a Wireless Screening System.docVIP

Sensors 2012, 12, 8405-8425; doi:10.3390/s120608405 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Evaluation of Complexation Ability Using a Sensor Electrode Chip Equipped with a Wireless Screening System Takaaki Isoda 1,*, Ikuko Urushibara 2, Hikaru Sato 2 and Noriyoshi Yamauchi 3 1 Department of Life and Environment Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, 1-1, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan 2 AR’S CO., Ltd., 5-1, Yokohama Creation Square, Sakaecho, Kanagawa, Yokohama 221-0052, Japan 3 The Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems, Waseda University, 2-7, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: isoda@env.kitakyu-u.ac.jp; Tel.: +81-93-695-3285; Fax: +81-93-695-3377. Received: 12 April 2012; in revised form: 30 May 2012 / Accepted: 11 June 2012 / Published: 19 June 2012 Abstract: We fabricated an electrode chip with a structure coated by an insulation layer that contains dispersed SiO2 adsorbent particles modified by an amino-group on a source-drain electrode. Voltage changes caused by chelate molecule adsorption onto electrode surfaces and by specific cation interactions were investigated. The detection of specific cations without the presence of chelate molecules on the free electrode was also examined. By comparing both sets of results the complexation ability of the studied chelate molecules onto the electrode was evaluated. Five pairs of source-drain electrodes (×8 arrays) were fabricated on a glass substrate of 20 × 30 mm in size. The individual Au/Cr (1.0/0.1 μm thickness) electrodes had widths of 50 μm and an inter-electrode interval of 100 μm. The fabricated source-drain electrodes were further coated with an insulation layer comprising a porous SiO2 particle modified amino-group to adsorb the chelate mole