Imperial College London
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Professor Joshua B. Edel

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Biosensing & Analytical Sciences
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 0754joshua.edel Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mr John Murrell +44 (0)20 7594 2845

 
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Location

 

110cMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Barik:2017:10.1038/s41467-017-01635-9,
author = {Barik, A and Zhang, Y and Grassi, R and Paulose, Nadappuram B and Edel, JB and Low, T and Koester, SJ and Oh, SH},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-017-01635-9},
journal = {Nature Communications},
pages = {1--9},
title = {Graphene-edge dielectrophoretic tweezers for trapping of biomolecules},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01635-9},
volume = {8},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The many unique properties of graphene, such as the tunable optical, electrical, and plasmonic response make it ideally suited for applications such as biosensing. As with other surface-based biosensors, however, the performance is limited by the diffusive transport of target molecules to the surface. Here we show that atomically sharp edges of monolayer graphene can generate singular electrical field gradients for trapping biomolecules via dielectrophoresis. Graphene-edge dielectrophoresis pushes the physical limit of gradient-force-based trapping by creating atomically sharp tweezers. We have fabricated locally backgated devices with an 8-nm-thick HfO2 dielectric layer and chemical-vapor-deposited graphene to generate 10× higher gradient forces as compared to metal electrodes. We further demonstrate near-100% position-controlled particle trapping at voltages as low as 0.45 V with nanodiamonds, nanobeads, and DNA from bulk solution within seconds. This trapping scheme can be seamlessly integrated with sensors utilizing graphene as well as other two-dimensional materials.
AU  - Barik,A
AU  - Zhang,Y
AU  - Grassi,R
AU  - Paulose,Nadappuram B
AU  - Edel,JB
AU  - Low,T
AU  - Koester,SJ
AU  - Oh,SH
DO  - 10.1038/s41467-017-01635-9
EP  - 9
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2041-1723
SP  - 1
TI  - Graphene-edge dielectrophoretic tweezers for trapping of biomolecules
T2  - Nature Communications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01635-9
UR  - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01635-9
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/54416
VL  - 8
ER  -
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