Nanoelectronic Systems and Biomaterials
Tobacco Mosaic Virus biotemplated nano-electrodes
This work demonstrates the utilization of virus molecules as nano-scale biotemplates assembled on an electrochemical biosensor, allowing for increased signal and improved biosensing performance. The versatile and inexpensive biological Tobacco mosaic virus was integrated as a high aspect ratio, low footprint, low-cost, easy to genetically functionalize, nanostructured three-dimensional scaffold for the synthesis of novel multifunctional electrodes. The biotemplated scaffold allows for an increased surface area resulting in higher electrochemical currents, better signal-to-noise ratio and improved sensitivity when incorporated into miniaturized biosensors.
Selected Accomplishments:
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Students and Postdocs:
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Collaborators:
Professor James Culver (University of Maryland College Park)
Professor Gary Rubloff (University of Maryland College Park)
Professor Reza Ghodssi (University of Maryland College Park)
Professor Gary Rubloff (University of Maryland College Park)
Professor Reza Ghodssi (University of Maryland College Park)
Support:
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Selected Publications:
- Ben-Yoav, H., Brown, A. D., Pomerantseva, E., Kelly, D. L., Culver, J. N., and Ghodssi, R. Tobacco mosaic virus biotemplated electrochemical biosensor. Proceedings of the 2012 Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, June, 2012, Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States, pp. 193-196.
- Ben-Yoav, H., Schroeder, M. A., Noked, M. Chitosan bio-functionalization of carbon nanotube arrayed electrode. Advanced Materials Letters 8(12), pp. 1166.