TY  - JOUR
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Karschuck, Tobias
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Field-Effect Capacitors Decorated with Ligand-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: Modeling and Experiments
T2  - Biosensors
N2  - Nanoparticles are recognized as highly attractive tunable materials for designing field-effect biosensors with enhanced performance. In this work, we present a theoretical model for electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor capacitors (EISCAP) decorated with ligand-stabilized charged gold nanoparticles. The charged AuNPs are taken into account as additional, nanometer-sized local gates. The capacitance-voltage (C–V) curves and constant-capacitance (ConCap) signals of the AuNP-decorated EISCAPs have been simulated. The impact of the AuNP coverage on the shift of the C–V curves and the ConCap signals was also studied experimentally on Al–p-Si–SiO₂ EISCAPs decorated with positively charged aminooctanethiol-capped AuNPs. In addition, the surface of the EISCAPs, modified with AuNPs, was characterized by scanning electron microscopy for different immobilization times of the nanoparticles.
KW  - aminooctanethiol
KW  - nanoparticle coverage
KW  - capacitive model
KW  - gold nanoparticles
KW  - field-effect sensor
KW  - electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor capacitors
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10456
SN  - 2079-6374
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Biosensors in Nanotechnology"
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -