Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry

Silicon, glass and ceramic are commonly base substrates used in SU8 film fabrication and DNA biosensor. All these substrates are biocompatible, expensive, hard and brittle, difficult for drilling and dicing, requires expensive equipments and complex methodology of fabrication. Microcracks are oft...

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Main Author: Hamzah, Irni Hamiza
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my-usm-ep.435912019-04-12T05:26:13Z Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry 2013-06 Hamzah, Irni Hamiza TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Silicon, glass and ceramic are commonly base substrates used in SU8 film fabrication and DNA biosensor. All these substrates are biocompatible, expensive, hard and brittle, difficult for drilling and dicing, requires expensive equipments and complex methodology of fabrication. Microcracks are often found on SU8 film due to the large gap of thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) between silicon/glass and SU8. In addition, the use of bulky equipments and accessories that must be interfaced with hardware and software through a central processing unit (CPU) limits the portability of the whole biosensor system. Hence, the aim of this work is to investigate on the suitability of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) to be used as a base substrate for SU8 film fabrication and the application of a non-biocompatible material, flame retardant 4 (FR4) as a base substrate for a label free DNA biosensor. A portable and handy readout circuitry with double-sided pocket-sized of PCB for DNA detection through current measurement cyclic voltammetry (CV) method has been developed and integrated with the FR4-based fabricated sensor. The Au is fabricated throughout all conducting tracks on the FR4 and the characterization of the fabricated FR4-based sensor to perform CV reversible process is confirmed by a series of analysis. The thiol group at the 3’-end of ssDNA is used to link the DNA with the Au surface and act as probe DNAs. Two types of target DNAs which consist of complementary nucleobase sequence and noncomplementary nucleobase sequence are used to investigate on the hybridization mechanism with the probe DNAs. 2013-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/43591/ http://eprints.usm.my/43591/1/Irni%20Hamiza%20Binti%20Hamzah24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik & Elektronik
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic TK1-9971 Electrical engineering
Electronics
Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK1-9971 Electrical engineering
Electronics
Nuclear engineering
Hamzah, Irni Hamiza
Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry
description Silicon, glass and ceramic are commonly base substrates used in SU8 film fabrication and DNA biosensor. All these substrates are biocompatible, expensive, hard and brittle, difficult for drilling and dicing, requires expensive equipments and complex methodology of fabrication. Microcracks are often found on SU8 film due to the large gap of thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) between silicon/glass and SU8. In addition, the use of bulky equipments and accessories that must be interfaced with hardware and software through a central processing unit (CPU) limits the portability of the whole biosensor system. Hence, the aim of this work is to investigate on the suitability of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) to be used as a base substrate for SU8 film fabrication and the application of a non-biocompatible material, flame retardant 4 (FR4) as a base substrate for a label free DNA biosensor. A portable and handy readout circuitry with double-sided pocket-sized of PCB for DNA detection through current measurement cyclic voltammetry (CV) method has been developed and integrated with the FR4-based fabricated sensor. The Au is fabricated throughout all conducting tracks on the FR4 and the characterization of the fabricated FR4-based sensor to perform CV reversible process is confirmed by a series of analysis. The thiol group at the 3’-end of ssDNA is used to link the DNA with the Au surface and act as probe DNAs. Two types of target DNAs which consist of complementary nucleobase sequence and noncomplementary nucleobase sequence are used to investigate on the hybridization mechanism with the probe DNAs.
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Hamzah, Irni Hamiza
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title Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry
title_short Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry
title_full Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry
title_fullStr Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry
title_full_unstemmed Design, Fabrication And Characterization Of Fr4-Based Dna Label Free Sensor Integrated With Pocket-Sized Readout Circuitry
title_sort design, fabrication and characterization of fr4-based dna label free sensor integrated with pocket-sized readout circuitry
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Elektrik & Elektronik
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.usm.my/43591/1/Irni%20Hamiza%20Binti%20Hamzah24.pdf
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