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Direct Electrical Probing of Rolling Circle Amplification on Surface by Aligned-Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor

  • Lee, Nam Hee;Ko, Minsu;Choi, Insung S.;Yun, Wan Soo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.1035-1038
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    • 2013
  • Rolling circle amplification (RCA) of DNA on an aligned-carbon nanotube (a-CNT) surface was electrically interfaced by the a-CNT based filed effect transistor (FET). Since the electric conductance of the a-CNT will be dependent upon its local electric environment, the electric conductance of the FET is expected to give a very distinctive signature of the surface reaction along with this isothermal DNA amplification of the RCA. The a-CNT was initially grown on the quartz wafer with the patterned catalyst by chemical vapor deposition and transferred onto a flexible substrate after the formation of electrodes. After immobilization of a primer DNA, the rolling circle amplification was induced on chip with the a-CNT based FET device. The electric conductance showed a quite rapid increase at the early stage of the surface reaction and then the rate of increase was attenuated to reach a saturated stage of conductance change. It took about an hour to get the conductance saturation from the start of the conductance change. Atomic force microscopy was used as a complementary tool to support the successful amplification of DNA on the device surface. We hope that our results contribute to the efforts in the realization of a reliable nanodevice-based measurement of biologically or clinically important molecules.

Observation of Electrocatalytic Amplification of Iridium Oxide (IrOx) Single Nanoparticle Collision on Copper Ultramicroelectrodes

  • Choi, Yong Soo;Jung, Seung Yeon;Joo, Jin Woo;Kwon, Seong Jung
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.8
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    • pp.2519-2522
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    • 2014
  • Recently, the observation of the electrocatalytic behavior of individual nanoparticles (NPs) by electrochemical amplification method has been reported. For example, the Iridium oxide ($IrO_x$) NP collision on the Pt UME was observed via electrocatalytic water oxidation. However, the bare Pt UME had poor reproducibility for the observation of NP collision signal and required an inconvenient surface pre-treatment for the usage. In this manuscript, we has been investigated other metal electrode such as Cu UME for the reproducible data analysis and convenient use. The $IrO_x$ NP collision was successively observed on the bare Cu UME and the reproducibility in collision frequency was improved comparing with previous case using the $NaBH_4$ pre-treated Pt UME. Also, the adhesion coefficient between NP and the Cu UME was studied for better understanding of the single NP collision system.

Electrochemical Signal Amplification by Redox Cycling in Distance-Controlled Nanogap Devices

  • Park, Dae Keun;Park, Jong Mo;Shin, Jong-Hwan;Yun, Wan Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.08a
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    • pp.269-269
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    • 2013
  • Redox cycling in between the two working electrodes in an electrochemical cell can lead a great signal enhancement. In this work, we report on a systematic examination of current amplification along with the decrease in the gap distance of a nanogap device which was fabricated by the combination of photo and chemical lithography [1]. The gap distance was controlled by the chemical lithographic process of surfacecatalyzed growth of metallic layer on pre-defined electrodes with wider initial gap. Enhancement of the redox current of ferri/ferrocyanide was observed upon gap distance reduction and the current is amplified about a thousand times in this redox system when the gap distance was decreased from 200 nm to 30 nm. The experimental results were discussed on the basis of the cyclic voltammetry (CV), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

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Analysis of machining characteristics of thermogravimetric analysis and high-power density electron beam through the development of vaporized amplification sheets according to metal powder (Metal Powder에 따른 증기화 증폭 시트의 개발을 통한 열 중량 분석 및 고출력 전자빔의 가공 특성 분석)

  • Kim, Hyun-Jeong;Jung, Sung-Taek;Lee, Joo-Hyung;Baek, Seung-Yub
    • Design & Manufacturing
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.56-62
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    • 2020
  • An electron beam was used to mainly utilize for polishing, finishing, welding, a lithography process, etc. Due to the high technical level of difficulty of high-power density electron beam, it is difficult to secure related technologies. In this study, research was carried out to improve the machinability by developing the vaporized amplification sheets to realize the electron beam drilling technology. Their vaporized amplification sheets were analyzed by using the measurement of chemical and composition, which is such as TGA, SEM. We analyzed micro-hole processing using a microscope. Also, the thermal characteristics of vaporized amplification sheets are highly significant for applying to high-power density electron beam technique. So, we finished the vaporized amplification sheets according to the process conditions and analyzed it according to the machining conditions of the electron beam. It was confirmed that the effect on the experimental results differs depending on the influence of the metal powder contained in the developed material.

Fluorescence Immunoassy of HDL and LDL Using Protein A LB Film

  • Choi, Jeong-Woo;Park, Jun-Hyo;Lee, Woo-Chang;Oh, Byung-Keun;Min, Jun-Hong;Lee, Won-Hong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.979-985
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    • 2001
  • A fluorometric detection technique for HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) and LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) was developed for application in a fiber-optic immunosensor using a protein A Langmuir-Blodgget (LB) film. For the fluorescence immunoassay, antibodies specific to HDL or LDL were imobilied on the protein A LB film, and a fluorescence amplification method was developed to overcome their weak fluorescence. The deposition of protein A using the LB technique was monitored using a surface pressure-are $({\pi}-A)$ curve, and the antibody immobilization of the protein A LB film was experimentally verified. The immobilized antibody was used to separate only HDL and LDL from a sample, then the fluorescence of he separated HDL or LDL was amplified. The amount of LDL or HDL was measured using the developed fiber optic fluorescence detection system. The optical properties resulting from the reaction of HDL or LDL with o-phtaldialdehyde, detection range, response time, and stability of the immunoassay were all investigated. The respective detection ranges for HDL and LDL were sufficient to diagnose the risk of coronary heart disease. The amplification step increased the sensitivity, while selective separation using the immobilized antibody led to linearity in the sensor signal. The regeneration of the antibody-immobilized substrate could produce a stable and reproducible immunosensor.

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Electrochemical Signal Amplification by Gap Electrodes and Control of Gap Distances

  • Park, Dae Keun
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.197-200
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    • 2019
  • We report on electrochemical signal amplification using gap electrodes based on the redox cycling between gap electrodes. The distance between electrodes was controlled from $2{\mu}m$ to a few hundreds of nanometer by chemical deposition of reduced Au ion on the pre-defined electrodes. Enhanced redox current of ferri/ferrocyanide was obtained by redox cycling between the two working electrodes. The faradaic current is amplified about a thousand times in this redox system. Since the signal amplification is due to the shortened diffusion length between the two electrodes, the narrower the nanogap was, the better detection limit, calibration sensitivity, and dynamic range. The experimental results were discussed on the basis of the cyclic voltammetry (CV), atomic force microscope (AFM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurements.