TY - JOUR A1 - Murib, M. S. A1 - Yeap, W. S. A1 - Eurlings, Y. A1 - Grinsven, B. van A1 - Boyen, H.-G. A1 - Conings, B. A1 - Michiels, L. A1 - Ameloot, M. A1 - Carleer, R. A1 - Warmer, J. A1 - Kaul, P. A1 - Haenen, K. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Ceuninck, W. de A1 - Wagner, P. T1 - Heat-transfer based characterization of DNA on synthetic sapphire chips JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical N2 - In this study, we show that synthetic sapphire (Al₂O₃), an established implant material, can also serve as a platform material for biosensors comparable to nanocrystalline diamond. Sapphire chips, beads, and powder were first modified with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES), followed by succinic anhydride (SA), and finally single-stranded probe DNA was EDC coupled to the functionalized layer. The presence of the APTES-SA layer on sapphire powders was confirmed by thermogravimetric analyis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Using planar sapphire chips as substrates and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) as surface-sensitive tool, the sequence of individual layers was analyzed with respect to their chemical state, enabling the quantification of areal densities of the involved molecular units. Fluorescence microscopy was used to demonstrate the hybridization of fluorescently tagged target DNA to the probe DNA, including denaturation- and re-hybridization experiments. Due to its high thermal conductivity, synthetic sapphire is especially suitable as a chip material for the heat-transfer method, which was employed to distinguish complementary- and non-complementary DNA duplexes containing single-nucleotide polymorphisms. These results indicate that it is possible to detect mutations electronically with a chemically resilient and electrically insulating chip material. Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.02.027 SN - 0925-4005 VL - 230 IS - 230 SP - 260 EP - 271 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Molina, Roberto A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Biselli, Manfred A1 - Canzoneri, Michele A1 - Schnitzler, Thomas A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Handheld multi-channel LAPS device as a transducer platform for possible biological and chemical multi-sensor applications JF - Electrochimica Acta. 53 (2007), H. 2 Y1 - 2007 SN - 0013-4686 SP - 305 EP - 311 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Maris, Rob J. A1 - Ackermann, Hans-Josef A1 - Otto, Ralph A1 - Beging, Stefan A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Handheld measurement device for field-effect sensor structures: Practical evaluation and limitations JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical . 127 (2007), H. 1 Y1 - 2007 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 217 EP - 223 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Näther, Niko A1 - Berger, Jörg A1 - Emmerich, Rüdiger A1 - Friedrich, P. A1 - Henkel, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - H2O2-Konzentrationsbestimmung für die Prozessgasanalytik mittels eines kalorimetrischen Sensoraufbaus JF - Sensoren und Messsysteme 2008 : 14. Fachtagung Ludwigsburg, 11. und 12. März 2008 / VDI/VDE-Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik Y1 - 2008 SN - 978-3-18-092011-5 N1 - VDI-Berichte ; 2011 ; Sensoren und Messsysteme 2008, 14. GMA/ITG-Fachtagung, VDI/VDE- Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik, + CD-ROM, Ludwigsburg, DE, 11.-12. Mar, 2008 SP - 783 EP - 792 PB - VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Karschuck, Tobias A1 - Kaulen, Corinna A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Wagner, Patrick H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Gold nanoparticle-modified capacitive field-effect sensors: Studying the surface density of nanoparticles and coupling of charged polyelectrolyte macromolecules JF - Electrochemical Science Advances N2 - The coupling of ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles with field-effect devices offers new possibilities for label-free biosensing. In this work, we study the immobilization of aminooctanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuAOTs) on the silicon dioxide surface of a capacitive field-effect sensor. The terminal amino group of the AuAOT is well suited for the functionalization with biomolecules. The attachment of the positively-charged AuAOTs on a capacitive field-effect sensor was detected by direct electrical readout using capacitance-voltage and constant capacitance measurements. With a higher particle density on the sensor surface, the measured signal change was correspondingly more pronounced. The results demonstrate the ability of capacitive field-effect sensors for the non-destructive quantitative validation of nanoparticle immobilization. In addition, the electrostatic binding of the polyanion polystyrene sulfonate to the AuAOT-modified sensor surface was studied as a model system for the label-free detection of charged macromolecules. Most likely, this approach can be transferred to the label-free detection of other charged molecules such as enzymes or antibodies. KW - polystyrene sulfonate KW - gold nanoparticles KW - field-effect sensor KW - detection of charged macromolecules KW - capacitive EIS sensor Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202100179 SN - 0938-5193 VL - 2 IS - 5 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Deppe, Veronika Maria A1 - Klatte, Stephanie A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - O'Connell, Timothy A1 - Meinhardt, Friedhelm T1 - Genetic control of Amadori product degradation in Bacillus subtilis via regulation of frlBONMD expression by FrlR JF - Applied and environmental microbiology Y1 - 2011 SN - 1098-5336 (E-Journal); 0003-6919 (Print); 0099-2240 (Print) VL - Vol. 77 IS - No. 9 SP - 2839 EP - 2846 PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Borgmeier, Claudia A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Meinhardt, Friedhelm T1 - Genetic analysis of the Bacillus licheniformis degSU operon and the impact of regulatory mutations on protease production JF - Journal of biotechnology N2 - Disruption experiments targeted at the Bacillus licheniformis degSU operon and GFP-reporter analysis provided evidence for promoter activity immediately upstream of degU. pMutin mediated concomitant introduction of the degU32 allele – known to cause hypersecretion in Bacillus subtilis – resulted in a marked increase in protease activity. Application of 5-fluorouracil based counterselection through establishment of a phosphoribosyltransferase deficient Δupp strain eventually facilitated the marker-free introduction of degU32 leading to further protease enhancement achieving levels as for hypersecreting wild strains in which degU was overexpressed. Surprisingly, deletion of rapG – known to interfere with DegU DNA-binding in B. subtilis – did not enhance protease production neither in the wild type nor in the degU32 strain. The combination of degU32 and Δupp counterselection in the type strain is not only equally effective as in hypersecreting wild strains with respect to protease production but furthermore facilitates genetic strain improvement aiming at biological containment and effectiveness of biotechnological processes. KW - Marker-free mutagenesis KW - Extracellular enzymes KW - Uracil-phosphoribosyltransferase KW - Hypersecretion Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.02.011 SN - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print) VL - 159 IS - 1-2 SP - 12 EP - 20 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mikulics, M. A1 - Camara, I. A1 - Hardt, A. van der A1 - Fox, A. A1 - Förster, Arnold A1 - Gusten, R. A1 - Lüth, H. A1 - Kordos, P. T1 - Generation of THz radiation by photomixing in low-temperature-grown MBE GaAs JF - Fifth International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems : conference proceedings ; Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, October 17 - 21, 2004 / [organizers: Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava and Microelectronics Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava]. Ed. by J. Osvald Y1 - 2004 SN - 0-7803-8335-7 N1 - International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems <5, 2004, Smolenice> ; ASDAM <5, 2004, Smolenice> ; IEEE catalog numer: 04EX867 SP - 231 EP - 234 PB - IEEE Operations Center CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Bäcker, Matthias A1 - Mayer, Dirk A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Gating capacitive field-effect sensors by the charge of nanoparticle/molecule hybrids JF - Nanoscale Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4NR05987E SN - 2040-3372 (E-Journal); 2040-3364 (Print) SP - 1023 EP - 1031 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Kirchner, Patrick A1 - Ng, Yue Ann A1 - Spelthahn, Heiko A1 - Schneider, Andreas A1 - Henkel, Hartmut A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Kolstad, Jens A1 - Berger, Jörg A1 - Keusgen, Michael T1 - Gas sensor investigation based on a catalytically activated thin-film thermopile for H2O2 detection JF - Physica Status Solidi (A). 207 (2010), H. 4 Y1 - 2010 SN - 1862-6300 N1 - Special Issue: Engineering of Functional Interfaces EnFI 2009 SP - 787 EP - 792 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schumacher, K. A1 - Rosenkranz, C. A1 - Schultze, J. W. A1 - Müller-Veggian, Mattea A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Funktionsprüfung und Charakterisierung von ionensensitiven Feldeffekttransistoren (ISFETs) auf Waferebene mittels Mikrotropfenzelle für den zukünftigen Einsatz in der Sensorproduktion JF - Sensoren und Messsysteme 2006 : Vorträge der 13. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung vom 13. bis 14. März 2006 in Freiburg/Breisgau / Veranst.: Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE (ITG) ; VDE/VDI-Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (GMA). Wiss. Tagungsleitung: L. M. Reindl Y1 - 2006 SN - 3-8007-2939-3 N1 - Fachtagung Sensoren und Messsysteme <13, 2006, Freiburg, Breisgau> SP - 257 EP - 260 PB - VDE-Verl. CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Wagner, Holger A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Functional testing and characterisation of (bio-)chemical sensors on wafer level JF - Procedia Chemistry. 1 (2009), H. 1 Y1 - 2009 SN - 1876-6196 N1 - Proceedings of the Eurosensors XXIII conference ; Eurosensors 23 SP - 835 EP - 838 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Wagner, Holger A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Functional testing and characterisation of (bio-)chemical sensors on wafer level JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 154 (2011), H. 2 Y1 - 2011 SN - 1873-3077 N1 - EUROSENSORS XXIII SP - 169 EP - 173 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pourshahidi, Ali Mohammad A1 - Achtsnicht, Stefan A1 - Offenhäusser, Andreas A1 - Krause, Hans-Joachim ED - Offenhäusser, Andreas T1 - Frequency Mixing Magnetic Detection Setup Employing Permanent Ring Magnets as a Static Offset Field Source JF - Sensors N2 - Frequency mixing magnetic detection (FMMD) has been explored for its applications in fields of magnetic biosensing, multiplex detection of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) and the determination of core size distribution of MNP samples. Such applications rely on the application of a static offset magnetic field, which is generated traditionally with an electromagnet. Such a setup requires a current source, as well as passive or active cooling strategies, which directly sets a limitation based on the portability aspect that is desired for point of care (POC) monitoring applications. In this work, a measurement head is introduced that involves the utilization of two ring-shaped permanent magnets to generate a static offset magnetic field. A steel cylinder in the ring bores homogenizes the field. By variation of the distance between the ring magnets and of the thickness of the steel cylinder, the magnitude of the magnetic field at the sample position can be adjusted. Furthermore, the measurement setup is compared to the electromagnet offset module based on measured signals and temperature behavior. KW - magnetic sensors KW - biosensors KW - frequency mixing magnetic detection KW - magnetic nanoparticles Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22228776 SN - 1424-8220 VL - 22 IS - 22 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Werner, Frederik A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Keusgen, Michael A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Frequency behaviour of light-addressable potentiometric sensors JF - Physica Status Solidi (A) N2 - Light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS) are semiconductor-based potentiometric sensors, with the advantage to detect the concentration of a chemical species in a liquid solution above the sensor surface in a spatially resolved manner. The addressing is achieved by a modulated and focused light source illuminating the semiconductor and generating a concentration-depending photocurrent. This work introduces a LAPS set-up that is able to monitor the electrical impedance in addition to the photocurrent. The impedance spectra of a LAPS structure, with and without illumination, as well as the frequency behaviour of the LAPS measurement are investigated. The measurements are supported by electrical equivalent circuits to explain the impedance and the LAPS-frequency behaviour. The work investigates the influence of different parameters on the frequency behaviour of the LAPS. Furthermore, the phase shift of the photocurrent, the influence of the surface potential as well as the changes of the sensor impedance will be discussed. Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201200929 SN - 1521-396X ; 0031-8965 VL - 210 IS - 5 SP - 884 EP - 891 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Werner, Frederik A1 - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro A1 - Ackermann, Hans-Josef A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - FPGA-based LAPS device for the flexible design of sensing sites on functional interfaces JF - Physica Status Solidi (A). 207 (2010), H. 4 Y1 - 2010 SN - 1862-6300 N1 - Special Issue: Engineering of Functional Interfaces EnFI 2009 SP - 844 EP - 849 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Biselli, Manfred A1 - Selmer, Thorsten A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter A1 - Baumann, Marcus A1 - Förster, Arnold A1 - Poghossian, Arshak T1 - Forschung „zwischen“ den Disziplinen: das Institut für Nano- und Biotechnologien JF - Analytik news : das Online-Labormagazin für Labor und Analytik N2 - "Biologie trifft Mikroelektronik", das Motto des Instituts für Nano- und Biotechnologien (INB) an der FH Aachen, unterstreicht die zunehmende Bedeutung interdisziplinär geprägter Forschungsaktivitäten. Der thematische Zusammenschluss grundständiger Disziplinen, wie die Physik, Elektrotechnik, Chemie, Biologie sowie die Materialwissenschaften, lässt neue Forschungsgebiete entstehen, ein herausragendes Beispiel hierfür ist die Nanotechnologie: Hier werden neue Werkstoffe und Materialien entwickelt, einzelne Nanopartikel oder Moleküle und deren Wechselwirkung untersucht oder Schichtstrukturen im Nanometerbereich aufgebaut, die neue und vorher nicht bekannte Eigenschaften hervorbringen. Vor diesem Hintergrund bündelt das im Jahre 2006 gegründete INB die an der FH Aachen vorhandenen Kompetenzen von derzeit insgesamt sieben Laboratorien auf den Gebieten der Halbleitertechnik und Nanoelektronik, Nanostrukturen und DNA-Sensorik, der Chemo- und Biosensorik, der Enzymtechnologie, der Mikrobiologie und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, der Zellkulturtechnik, sowie der Roten Biotechnologie synergetisch. In der Nano- und Biotechnologie steckt außergewöhnliches Potenzial! Nicht zuletzt deshalb stellen sich die Forscher der Herausforderung, in diesem Bereich gemeinsam zu forschen und Schnittstellen zu nutzen, um so bei der Gestaltung neuartiger Ideen und Produkte mitzuwirken, die zukünftig unser alltägliches Leben verändern werden. Im Folgenden werden die verschiedenen Forschungsbereiche kurz zusammenfassend vorgestellt und vorhandene Interaktionen anhand von exemplarisch ausgewählten, aktuellen Forschungsprojekten skizziert. Y1 - 2012 VL - Publ. online PB - Dr. Beyer Internet-Beratung CY - Ober-Ramstadt ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Flow-velocity microsensors based on semiconductor field-effect structures JF - Sensors. 3 (2003), H. 7 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1424-8220 SP - 202 EP - 212 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wang, J. A1 - Krause, R. A1 - Block, K. A1 - Musameh, M. A1 - Mulchandani, A. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Flow injection amperometric detection of OP nerve agents based on organophosphorus-hydrolase biosensor detector JF - Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 18 (2003), H. 2-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0956-5663 SP - 255 EP - 260 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Miyamoto, K. A1 - Werner, Frederik A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Yoshinobu, T. T1 - Flexible electrochemical imaging with “zoom-in” functionality by using a new type of light-addressable potentiometric sensor Y1 - 2011 N1 - 2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS) , Date: 5-9 June 2011 SP - 2133 EP - 2135 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER -