Fabrication, calibration, and preliminary testing of microcantilever-based piezoresistive sensor for BioMEMS applications

IET Nanobiotechnology
Dinesh RotakeNitin Kale

Abstract

In this study, the authors demonstrate the fabrication, calibration, and testing of a piezoresistive microcantilever-based sensor for biomedical microelectromechanical system (BioMEMS) application. To use any sensor in BioMEMS application requires surface modification to capture the targeted biomolecules. The surface alteration comprises self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formation on gold (Au)/chromium (Cr) thin films. So, the Au/Cr coating is essential for most of the BioMEMS applications. The fabricated sensor uses the piezoresistive technique to capture the targeted biomolecules with the SAM/Au/Cr layer on top of the silicon dioxide layer. The stiffness (k) of the cantilever-based biosensor is a crucial design parameter for the low-pressure range and also influence the sensitivity of the microelectromechanical system-based sensor. Based on the calibration data, the average stiffness of the fabricated microcantilever with and without Au/Cr thin film is 141.39 and 70.53 mN/m, respectively, which is well below the maximum preferred range of stiffness for BioMEMS applications. The fabricated sensor is ultra-sensitive and selective towards Hg2+ ions in the presence of other heavy metal ions (HMIs) and good enough to achieve a lower ...Continue Reading

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