A movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors

Abstract Biosensors have been widely used in various fields such as food industry, environmental testing and medical testing for their high sensitivity. However, current fabrication methods of biosensors, such as screen printing, micro fabrication and 3D printing suffer from complex procedures, requ...

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Autores principales: Muqun Yang, Mingyang Liu, Jing Cheng, Han Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1d97c40f16c744499a04bb8b349c68432021-11-21T12:23:52ZA movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors10.1038/s41598-021-01741-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/1d97c40f16c744499a04bb8b349c68432021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01741-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Biosensors have been widely used in various fields such as food industry, environmental testing and medical testing for their high sensitivity. However, current fabrication methods of biosensors, such as screen printing, micro fabrication and 3D printing suffer from complex procedures, requirement of cleanroom facility and limited fabrication materials, which significantly restrict the development and utilization of biosensors. Here, we propose a movable type bioelectronics printing method for the fabrication of biosensors by directly transferring bioelectronic materials onto various substrates using pre-fabricated molds. This simple, low-cost, yet robust method facilitates on-demand printing of master molds of partial or complete circuits on both rigid or flexible substrates. With this method, bioactive materials such as enzymes can be directly transferred onto substrates together with other electronic components, without complex modification after electrode fabrication using conventional methods. For demonstration, a dual-channel flexible electrochemical biosensor was fabricated by the movable type bioelectronics printing method for continuous monitoring of glucose and lactate. The movable type bioelectronics printing technology holds advantages of repeatability, flexibility and low cost for fabrication of biosensors on rigid and flexible substrates, as well as direct transfer printing of bioactive materials, which greatly promotes small-scale production of biosensors.Muqun YangMingyang LiuJing ChengHan WangNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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Muqun Yang
Mingyang Liu
Jing Cheng
Han Wang
A movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors
description Abstract Biosensors have been widely used in various fields such as food industry, environmental testing and medical testing for their high sensitivity. However, current fabrication methods of biosensors, such as screen printing, micro fabrication and 3D printing suffer from complex procedures, requirement of cleanroom facility and limited fabrication materials, which significantly restrict the development and utilization of biosensors. Here, we propose a movable type bioelectronics printing method for the fabrication of biosensors by directly transferring bioelectronic materials onto various substrates using pre-fabricated molds. This simple, low-cost, yet robust method facilitates on-demand printing of master molds of partial or complete circuits on both rigid or flexible substrates. With this method, bioactive materials such as enzymes can be directly transferred onto substrates together with other electronic components, without complex modification after electrode fabrication using conventional methods. For demonstration, a dual-channel flexible electrochemical biosensor was fabricated by the movable type bioelectronics printing method for continuous monitoring of glucose and lactate. The movable type bioelectronics printing technology holds advantages of repeatability, flexibility and low cost for fabrication of biosensors on rigid and flexible substrates, as well as direct transfer printing of bioactive materials, which greatly promotes small-scale production of biosensors.
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author Muqun Yang
Mingyang Liu
Jing Cheng
Han Wang
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Mingyang Liu
Jing Cheng
Han Wang
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title A movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors
title_short A movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors
title_full A movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors
title_fullStr A movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors
title_full_unstemmed A movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors
title_sort movable type bioelectronics printing technology for modular fabrication of biosensors
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/1d97c40f16c744499a04bb8b349c6843
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