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    Electrochemical Stability Investigations and Drug Toxicity Tests of Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-Effect Transistors

    Year: 2020

    Journal: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Volume 12, DEC 16, page 56216–56221

    Authors: Zhang, Yu; Zeng, Qiming; Shen, Yujie; Yang, Li; Yu, Fei

    Keywords: electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistor; p-type conjugated polymers; electrochemical stability; EQCM-D; drug toxicity tests

    Electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors (EGOFETs) are emerging as a new frontier of organic bioelectronics, with promising applications in biosensing, pharmaceutical testing, and neuroscience. However, the limited charge carriers' mobility and well-known environmental instability of conjugated polymers constrain the real applications of organic bioelectronics. Here, we comparatively studied the electrochemical stability of p-type conjugated polymer films in the EGOFET configuration. By combining electrochemical stability tests, morphology characterization, and EQCM-D monitoring, we find that a donor-acceptor copolymer, poly(N-alkyldiketopyrrolo-pyrrole-dithienylthieno[3,2-b]thiophene) (DPP-DTT) shows improved mobility and electrochemical stability under an electrolyte, which may benefit from the ordered morphology and close alkyl side-chains' interdigitation preventing water diffusion and ion doping during long-term operation under an electrolyte. Based on the DPP-DTT EGOFETs, we have demonstrated a low-cost drug toxicity test platform that is sensitive enough to distinguish the cytotoxicity of different chemicals. This study overall pushes forward the development of organic bioelectronics with enhanced stability and sensitivity and presents successful exploitation of EGOFET in pharmaceutical research.
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