4.2.6 Comparison of LabelFree ACh Image Sensors Based on CCD and LAPS

Event
14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors - IMCS 2012
2012-05-20 - 2012-05-23
Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany
Chapter
4.2 Biosensors IV (Systems)
Author(s)
S. Takenaga, K. Sawada - Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan), C. Werner, M. Schöning - Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies (INB), FH Aachen, Campus Jülich (Germany)
Pages
356 - 359
DOI
10.5162/IMCS2012/4.2.6
ISBN
978-3-9813484-2-2
Price
free

Abstract

Semiconductor-based chemical image sensors, like the pH-image sensor based on a charge-coupled device (CCD) or the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS), are becoming a powerful tool for label-free imaging of biological phenomena. We have proposed a polyion-based enzymatic membrane to develop an acetylcholine (ACh)-image sensor for neural cell activity observations. In this study, a CCD-type ACh image sensor and a LAPStype ACh image sensor were fabricated and the prospect of both sensors was clarified by making a comparison of their basic characteristics.

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