Abstract
A label-free biosensor is described based on the Raman spectroscopic signatures of monolayer graphene, which are modified in the compartment of cancer cells because of electron-phonon coupling in monolayer graphene. Specifically, the Raman spectra of electrostatically gated monolayer graphene on SiO2/Si substrates, in the voltage range from 0 to 5 V, were studied in the absence and the presence of cancer cells. Density functional theory simulations afforded a correlation between cancer cells and the observed Raman spectra, through the regulation of the intensities of the G and 2D Raman vibrational modes with applied voltage. The C-H and N-H bonds of phenylalanine enabled the detection of this biosensing activity. Significantly, this detection can be carried out even in the absence of cancer cell-culturing steps.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1493-1498 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | ACS Applied Bio Materials |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 Feb 15 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korean National Research Foundation (NRF-NRF, 2018R1A2B6007786).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Chemical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemistry(all)
- Biomaterials
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biochemistry, medical