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Stewart SmithBiosensors and InstrumentationU-Tokyo Special Lectures
Biosensors and Instrumentation
Stewart Smith Institute for BioengineeringThe University of Edinburgh
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Biosensors and Instrumentation
• Course Aims:
‣ Look at how biosensors interface with electronics to build complete systems
‣ Cover many different transduction methods for biosensing applications
‣ See some real examples of biomedical sensor and transducer systems
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Biosensors and Instrumentation
• Learning Outcomes:‣ Understanding of transducers and methods
to extract information from sensors
‣ Use analogue circuit concepts to analyse sensor outputs
‣ Understand a wide range of biosensor instrumentation implementations
‣ Gain knowledge of the state of the art
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Lecture 1:Introducing Biosensors and Transducer Basics
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Measurement
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind”
- William Thompson, Lord Kelvin
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Definition of a Biosensor
•A device that uses specific biochemical reactions mediated by isolated enzymes, immunosystems, tissues, organelles or whole cells to detect chemical compounds usually by electrical, thermal or optical signals.
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Biosensors7
• Biosensors produce an output (often electrical) which is proportional to the concentration of biological analytes.
• Two-stage sensing ‣ Biological molecular sensor → Traditional sensor/transducer
• Example is glucose sensor‣ Enzyme - glucose oxidase → Electrochemical sensor (O2/H2O2)
Molecular Sensing Element
Physical/Chemical
Transducer
ElectricalSignal
Analyte
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Biosensing Principles8
Type Examples Electrochemical:
Potentiometric Amperometric FET based Conductometric
Glucose Sensor Neurochemical Sensor for Dopamine, Nitric Oxide, etc.
Optical (Spectroscopy, Fluorescence, Polarimetry)
Environmental Monitoring
Mechanical or Piezoelectric (QCM, SAW, MEMS)
DNA sequencing
Thermal (Thermistor, pn junction, thermopile)
Sensing by Enzymatic Catalysis
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Electrochemical Sensors• Potentiometric‣ Measurement of the emf of an electrochemical cell at
zero current. ‣ The emf is proportional to the log. concentration of the
analyte.
• Amperometric‣ Apply a specific potential to an electrode to oxidise or
reduce the analyte of interest‣ Current will be proportional to the analyte concentration
• Conductometric‣ Sensing reaction leads to a change in the composition of
the solution‣ This is measured as a change in the conductivity
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Optical Biosensors• Changes in light intensity are linked to changes in mass
or concentration. Hence, fluorescent or colorimetric molecules must be present.
• Methods include: optical fibres, surface plasmon resonance, absorbance, luminescence.
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LED
Photodetector
Finger
IR light
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Glucose Sensor (Electrochemical)
• Principle: Glucose diffuses through to enzyme GOx and reacts to give H2O2 and glucono-lactone
• Oxygen consumption or H2O2 production can be measured amperometrically
• Reaction also changes the local pH which can be measured potentiometrically
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Pt Anode (+)
Ag Cathode (-)
Immobilized Glucose Oxidase (GOx)
Polyurethane Membrane
glucose + O2GOx���! glucono-lactone + H2O2
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Glucose Sensor (Optical)
• Based on the competitive binding of glucose to ConA on dialysis fibre
• It replaces fluorescently labelled molecules (Dextran)
• These are then exposed to excitation and emission increases
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Transducers
• What is a transducer?
‣ A device to convert energy from one form to another.
‣ Sensors
‣ Actuators
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Sensors
• Convert physical/chemical parameters into an electrical signal
‣ Biosensors use a biological element to transduce what they measure
‣ Often this needs a subsequent transducer to obtain an electrical signal
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Actuators
• Transducers that convert electrical signals into a physical output
‣ Anything from a loud speaker to a flat panel display.
‣ Can provide forcing in a control system
‣ Examples of “bio-actuators”?
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Sensors and Actuators16
TRANSDUCERS
SENSORS ACTUATORS
PhysicalParameter
↓ElectricalOutput
ElectricalSignal↓
PhysicalOutput
e.g. Piezoelectric:
Force → Signal
Signal → Force
ULTRASOUND!
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Traditional Sensors
• Advantages: Simple, cheap, complicated processing can be separated from signal acquisition
• Disadvantages: Weak signal prone to noise, sensor itself may be inflexible and lacks intelligence
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Sensing Element
Transmission Link
Signal Processing
PhysicalParameter
Display,Storage,Further
Processing
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Smart Sensors
• Amplification, signal processing, digitisation can be integrated with sensing elements
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Sensing Element & Signal Processing
PhysicalParameter
Transmission Link
Signal Processing
Display,Storage,Further
Processing
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Low Power Considerations
• Power consumption depends on the precision and the bandwidth
• Processing high resolution data quickly uses more energy
• Complex processing tasks will also require more power
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Mixed Signal Architecture20
ANALOG
ADC DSPSensorInput
Meaningful, low
bandwidthoutput
information
High bandwidth,high output SNR
High speed, high
precision
High speed, high precision
Meaningless, high bandwidth numbers
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Low-powerprogrammableanalog stage
Mixed Signal Architecture21
Low-Power ADC
Low-Power DSP
SensorInput
Meaningful, low
bandwidthoutput
information
Low bandwidth,Low output SNR Low speed, low precision
ADC and digital processing
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Types of Sensor22
RLLight in
Photovoltaic Cell
Electrical SignalOut
Self generating or Active transducer:• Output signal is generated from the input energy
of whatever is being measured
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Types of Sensor23
Light in
Photoconductive Cell
Electrical SignalOut
Modulating or Passive transducer:• Sensor modulates the flow of electrical energy
from a power source to the load
+ −
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Biosensor Characteristics
• Microfabricated glucose sensor: 1. Working Electrode (Pt), 2. Counter Electrode (Pt), 3. Reference Electrode (Ag/AgCl), 4. Connecting Wires, 5. Contact Pads.
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served as adhesion promoters to the silicon dioxide and the following layer of silicon nitride. Metallic layers were evaporated by an electron gun at a substrate temperature of 25°C. Electrode geometry was patterned using the lift-off technique. Silicon nitride was chosen as the top insulator because it is known to be less permeable to water vapor and alkali ions than silicon dioxide. Reactive ion etching was used to etch away the silicon nitride in the areas of WE, CE, RE and their pads (Fig. 1). The wafer was immersed in a titanium etchant (H2SO4/H2O = 1/1, 80°C) to ensure that there was no titanium left on the free surfaces. Partial chlorination of the Ag layer was performed at wafer level in 0.25 mol/L FeCl3 solution.
Figure 1. Schematic of the chip: 1) WE, 2) CE, 3) Ag/AgCl RE, 4) Conductive lines, 5) Pads.
After dicing the wafer, the individual chips were mounted on printed circuit boards (PCB) and wire bonding was done. An epoxy resin was used to encapsulate the sensor, leaving only the active area exposed.
PB layer electropolymerization
PB layer was prepared by cyclic voltammetric method. Before electrodeposition PB film, Pt disk electrode was chemically cleaned and rinsed in order of 2 mol/L of KOH, sulfuric acid, ethanol and deioned water. Then PB was electrodeposited on the Pt electrode by cyclic scan within the limits of 0 to 0.5 V in a fresh solution containing 1.5 mM K3Fe(CN)6 and 2 mM FeCl3 · 6H2O in 0.1 M KCl and 2 mM HCl (pH 2.0). Before being used, the PB/Pt electrode was processed in 1 M KCl solution (pH4) by cyclic scan in a rate of 50 mV/s from -0.2 to 0.5 V until stable response was established.
GOD immobilization
One gram of chitosan was added into 4 ml of acetic acid and stirred for 20 minutes until complete dissolution. Transfer one microliter of chitosan solution on the WE and naturally dried. Then it was rinsed several times with deionized water to remove residual acetic acid in the chitosan membrane and dried. Next it was immersed into 2.5% glutaradehyde solution for 5 minutes. One microliter of 250
J. Zhu et al, “Planar Amperometric Glucose Sensor Based on Glucose Oxidase Immobilized by Chitosan Film on Prussian Blue Layer”, Sensors, 2, 127-136, 2002.
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Sensor Characteristics
• Zhu et al. glucose sensor
• Selection of operational pH
• Enzymes are very sensitive to environment
• Similar to selectivity issue we will return to
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Selection of pH value
Actually, the effect of pH on the sensor involves two factors: (1) the effect of pH on the electrocatalystic property of the PB layer (Fig.4 (a)); (2) the effect of pH on the activity of GOD (Fig. 4(b)). Fig. 4(c) shows the combined relation between the response current of the sensor and the pH values of the glucose solution. The sensor exhibits that larger response current can be obtained within the range of pH 6.0 to 7.0. However, the higher value of pH in the glucose solution, the lower stability of the PB. Thus, pH6.8 phosphate buffer solution was chosen as bulk solution.
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Figure 4. Effect of pH on the responses for (a) PB/Pt electrode, (b) GOD/Pt electrode and (c) GOD/PB/Pt electrode.
Effect of temperature on response
Fig. 5 shows the effect of temperature on the response current of the sensor (concentration of glucose, 3.0mM). The current at certain concentration increased with temperature until 40oC and then decreased. The lower temperature, the lower activity of GOD is. When the temperature is higher than 40oC, the GOD on the WE will partially lost its activity. Hence, it is necessary to control seriously environmental temperature during measurement or to make compensation for temperature.
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Figure 5. Effect of temperature on response current of the sensor.
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Sensor Characteristics
• Transfer Function
‣ Relates sensor input to electrical output
‣ Often presented as a graph of response
‣ Calibration curve
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Sensor Characteristics
• Sensitivity
‣ Very important parameter
‣ Derivative of transfer function
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Sensor Characteristics
• Dynamic Range
‣ Range of input levels for specified accuracy
‣ Linear region of transfer function?
• Nonlinearity/Linearity
‣ Maximum error over the dynamic range
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LinearNon-Linear?
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Sensor Characteristics
• Hysteresis
‣ Memory or lag in a sensor system
‣ Output depends on history of input
‣ Can be a positive attribute for a sensor
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Sensor Characteristics
• Resolution
‣ Minimum detectable signal fluctuation
‣ Related to the time scale of the change
‣ May be dominated by digitisation conditions
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Sensor Characteristics
• Resolution
‣ Minimum detectable signal fluctuation
‣ Related to the time scale of the change
‣ May be dominated by digitisation conditions
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Sensor Characteristics
• Resolution
‣ Minimum detectable signal fluctuation
‣ Related to the time scale of the change
‣ May be dominated by digitisation conditions
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Sensor Characteristics
• Zhu et al. glucose sensor
• Response time to changes in glucose
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Performances of the sensor
Response time
The response times of the glucose sensor were 42s for concentration change from 0 to 6 mmol/L and 60 s for reversion, respectively. They were estimated from the response-time curve using a potentiostat set at +50 mV (Fig. 6) indicating the establishment of stable mass transport within 60 s.
Figure 6. The response time curves of the sensor.
Precision
Good precision was confirmed by 11 continuous measurements in pH 6.86 phosphate buffer solutions containing 3.0 mM of glucose. The experiment values were listed in Table 1.
Table 1. The precision of the sensors.
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
I/nA 291 294 298 292 297 295 290 289 299 295 294
AV 294
RSD 3.0%
AV: Average value, RSD: Relative standard deviation.
Calibration curve
The calibration curve of the glucose sensor with experimental condition chosen above is shown in Fig. 7. Linear range, detection limit, sensitivity and response time are 0.1 – 6.0 mM, 0.06 mM (signal-to-noise ratio, 3), 98 nA/M and 60 sec, respectively. Measurement range may be expended up to 20 mM. The apparent Michanelis – Mentent constant of the sensor is 21 mM calculated according to Michanelis – Mentent equation.
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Sensor Characteristics
• Bandwidth
‣ Response time to change in signal
‣ Decay of response after change
‣ Upper and lower cutoff frequencies
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Sensor Characteristics
• Zhu et al. glucose sensor
• Selectivity
‣ Sensors respond to undesired parameters
‣ In biosensors this can be chemical or physical
‣ Desired sensitivity divided by the unwanted sensitivity
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Selection of pH value
Actually, the effect of pH on the sensor involves two factors: (1) the effect of pH on the electrocatalystic property of the PB layer (Fig.4 (a)); (2) the effect of pH on the activity of GOD (Fig. 4(b)). Fig. 4(c) shows the combined relation between the response current of the sensor and the pH values of the glucose solution. The sensor exhibits that larger response current can be obtained within the range of pH 6.0 to 7.0. However, the higher value of pH in the glucose solution, the lower stability of the PB. Thus, pH6.8 phosphate buffer solution was chosen as bulk solution.
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Figure 4. Effect of pH on the responses for (a) PB/Pt electrode, (b) GOD/Pt electrode and (c) GOD/PB/Pt electrode.
Effect of temperature on response
Fig. 5 shows the effect of temperature on the response current of the sensor (concentration of glucose, 3.0mM). The current at certain concentration increased with temperature until 40oC and then decreased. The lower temperature, the lower activity of GOD is. When the temperature is higher than 40oC, the GOD on the WE will partially lost its activity. Hence, it is necessary to control seriously environmental temperature during measurement or to make compensation for temperature.
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Figure 5. Effect of temperature on response current of the sensor.
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Sensor Characteristics
• Zhu et al. glucose sensor
• Testing anti-interference
• Responses to ascorbic and uric acid
• Prussian Blue reduces H2O2 over-potential
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Figure 7. Calibration curve of the sensor.
Testing of anti-interference
Fig. 8 shows the effect of ascorbic and uric acids on the glucose sensor response. The arrows indicate the peaks for different solution and their concentrations. The peaks for 0.06 mM of ascorbic acid, 0.3 mM of uric acids and their mixture are 3,1 and 4 nA higher than the average of background current, respectively while the peak for 3.0 mM of glucose with two interferent species is only 4 nA higher than one for pure glucose solution. The difference is within 3.0 % of RSD.
Figure 8. Response of the sensor in the presence of ascorbic and uric acids.
Long-term stability
The GOD-PB/Pt sensor response for 4.0mM glucose was measured 10 times a day (storage in refrigerator during nonuse). The average value for the 10 measurements is plotted against the number of days after the preparation of the sensor. No apparent change in the response of the sensors was
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Sensor Characteristics
• Zhu et al. glucose sensor
• Drift and long term stability of sensor
‣ Change in output with no change in input
‣ Long term drift can indicate degradation of the sensor itself
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observed during the 30 days from Fig.9. Good long-term stability obtained can be attributed to the use of double functional chitosan membrane, which is permeable for H2O2 but impermeable for larger molecules such as Prussian Blue resulting in no loss of it from the electrode surface (9).
Figure 9. Long-term stability of the sensor.
Accuracy
Measurement of accuracy of the glucose sensor was taken in a standard serum with composition similar to that of normal human blood serum. The measured result of glucose was 6.1 mM, which are almost identical to the recommended values of 6.0.
Results obtained from the glucose sensor directly in human blood serum were compared with ones obtained by spectrophotometry, as shown in Fig. 10. On testing 100 samples of serum, the correlation coefficient reaches 0.996.
Figure 10. Correlation and regression line for measurements of 100 human serum samples between spectrophotometry and our sensors.
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Sensor Characteristics
• Accuracy: expected maximum systematic bias
• Precision: reproducibility of measurements
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Probabilitydensity
Accuracy
PrecisionValue
Reference value
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Sensor Characteristics
• Zhu et al. glucose sensor
• Correlation with other standards
• Demonstrates accuracy of sensor
• Comparison with spectrophotometry for 100 human samples
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observed during the 30 days from Fig.9. Good long-term stability obtained can be attributed to the use of double functional chitosan membrane, which is permeable for H2O2 but impermeable for larger molecules such as Prussian Blue resulting in no loss of it from the electrode surface (9).
Figure 9. Long-term stability of the sensor.
Accuracy
Measurement of accuracy of the glucose sensor was taken in a standard serum with composition similar to that of normal human blood serum. The measured result of glucose was 6.1 mM, which are almost identical to the recommended values of 6.0.
Results obtained from the glucose sensor directly in human blood serum were compared with ones obtained by spectrophotometry, as shown in Fig. 10. On testing 100 samples of serum, the correlation coefficient reaches 0.996.
Figure 10. Correlation and regression line for measurements of 100 human serum samples between spectrophotometry and our sensors.
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Transducer Basics
• Learning Outcomes
‣ Define a transducer, describe the difference between sensors and actuators
‣ Understand sensor instrumentation at a high level - Smart sensors, power issues
‣ Describe the basic characteristics of a sensor
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