Journal
BIOSENSORS-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bios12040194
Keywords
microcantilever; sensor; dielectrophoresis; E. coli bacteria
Funding
- NSERC [PGPIN-2017-03763]
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This paper presents a dynamic-mode microcantilever sensor based on a gap method. By applying ac electric potential and dielectrophoresis force, the sensor can detect E. coli bacteria in real-time, with the concentration and electric potential amplitude affecting the frequency shifts.
This paper presents a dynamic-mode microcantilever sensor based on a gap method. The sensor has a V-shaped microcantilever and a fixed structure at a distance of 2 mu m from its free end. The microcantilever is excited by applying an ac electric potential (3 V-p) to its piezoelectric pads and vibrates at its fundamental resonant frequency. An independent ac electric potential (200 kHz, 15 V-pp) is applied to the fixed structure. This creates a non-uniform electric field with its maxima at the gap and exerts a dielectrophoresis (DEP) force. The DEP force attracts and adsorbs the E. coli bacteria to the cantilever edge at the gap. The binding of the bacteria to the cantilever creates a shift in the resonant frequency of the microcantilever sensor, which is detected by a laser vibrometer. The real-time detection of E. coli bacteria samples, diluted in distilled water, was performed for concentrations of 10(5)-10(3) cells/mL and the real-time frequency shifts were -2264.3 to -755 Hz in 4 min, respectively. The tests were expanded to study the effect of the electric potential amplitude (10, 12, 15 V-pp) and higher frequency shifts were observed for higher amplitudes.
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