@article{PoghossianWeilCherstvyetal.2013,
  author    = {Poghossian, Arshak and Weil, M. and Cherstvy, A. G. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Electrical monitoring of polyelectrolyte multilayer formation by means of capacitive field-effect devices},
  series = {Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry},
  volume    = {405},
  journal   = {Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry},
  number    = {20},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1432-1130 ; 1618-2642},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00216-013-6951-9},
  pages     = {6425 -- 6436},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {The semiconductor field-effect platform represents a powerful tool for detecting the adsorption and binding of charged macromolecules with direct electrical readout. In this work, a capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) field-effect sensor consisting of an Al-p-Si-SiO2 structure has been applied for real-time in situ electrical monitoring of the layer-by-layer formation of polyelectrolyte (PE) multilayers (PEM). The PEMs were deposited directly onto the SiO2 surface without any precursor layer or drying procedures. Anionic poly(sodium 4-styrene sulfonate) and cationic weak polyelectrolyte poly(allylamine hydrochloride) have been chosen as a model system. The effect of the ionic strength of the solution, polyelectrolyte concentration, number and polarity of the PE layers on the characteristics of the PEM-modified EIS sensors have been studied by means of capacitance-voltage and constant-capacitance methods. In addition, the thickness, surface morphology, roughness and wettabilityof the PE mono- and multilayers have been characterised by ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy and water contact-angle methods, respectively. To explain potential oscillations on the gate surface and signal behaviour of the capacitive field-effect EIS sensor modified with a PEM, a simplified electrostatic model that takes into account the reduced electrostatic screening of PE charges by mobile ions within the PEM has been proposed and discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}