SBIR Phase II: Carbon Nanotubes Field Effect Transitors (FET) Platform for Electronic and Sensors Applications

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）二期项目旨在设计和开发一个分子纳米传感器平台，供研究人员开发新的化学和生物传感器。这些装置的主要组成部分将是硅片上的单壁碳纳米管换能器阵列。该产品本身将是一个传感器开发套件，由一组传感器芯片、一个带有标准PC接口的电子模块、气体和液体传感适配器、数据简化和分析软件以及产品使用说明组成。一般准则的附加专门功能化化学和生物学的传感器芯片将包括在内。该项目的目标包括开发一套5-10种不同的气体、液体和生物传感芯片架构，以及用于气体和液体传感的模块。CMOS掩模设计将包括多达十种不同的架构，适用于不同类型的实验和功能化层。传感器芯片本身将在4英寸硅片上制造，并安装在一个标准的CERDIP封装中，该封装可以安装在电子模块的顶部。信号处理电子和软件系统将被设计和集成，以提供数字传感器输出到PC上的LabView（TM）。实现这些目标所涉及的研究包括开发平台的每个组件的设计、原型和实验测试。在第二阶段的高潮，分子纳米传感平台将由加州大学洛杉矶分校、加州大学伯克利分校和加州大学欧文分校的合作用户进行验证，并定位为市场引入。在商业上，这种新型纳米传感平台将使与化学反应和催化、化学和生物传感以及光子学相关的分子水平现象的研究和产品开发成为可能。本提案中描述的工作将产生一种有价值的新型纳米电子学研究工具，最终将在传感和诊断领域产生新的发现和产品。寻求开发新的直接电子检测传感应用和在分子水平上进行电荷转移实验的研究人员缺乏一个强大的、廉价的实验平台。在大多数情况下，研究人员必须开发自己的实验仪器、接口和软件。对于那些希望利用纳米电子阵列的灵敏度和灵活性的人来说，制造这种设备是一项艰巨而昂贵的挑战。该项目旨在为超灵敏灵活的检测平台提供最先进的基于纳米技术的解决方案。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to design and develop a molecular nano-sensor platform for researchers developing new chemical and bio-sensors. The principal component of these devices will be an array of single-wall carbon nanotube transducers on a silicon chip. The product itself will be a sensor development kit comprised of a set of sensor chips, an electronics module with a standard PC interface, adaptors for gas and liquid sensing, data reduction and analysis software, and directions for product use. General guidelines for the additional of specialized functionalization chemistry and biology to the sensor chip will be included. The project objectives include developing a set of 5-10 different chip architectures for gas, liquid and biosensing together with modules for sensing in both gases and liquids. The CMOS mask design will include as many as ten different architectures suitable for different types of experiments and functionalization layers. The sensor chips themselves will be manufactured on 4-inch silicon wafers and set into a standard CERDIP package that fits into the top of the electronics module. Signal processing electronics and software systems will be designed and integrated to deliver digital sensor output to LabView(TM) on a PC. The research involved in meeting these goals encompasses the design, prototyping and experimental testing of each component of the development platform. At the culmination of Phase II, the molecular nano-sensing platform will be validated by collaborative users in UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, and positioned for market introduction. Commercially this novel nanosensing platform will enable research and product development in molecular level phenomena related to chemical reactions and catalysis, chemicaland biological sensing, and photonics. The work described in this proposal will produce a valuable new nanoelectronics research tool that will ultimately result in new discoveries and products in sensing and diagnostics. Researchers seeking to develop new direct electronic detection sensing applications and conduct charge transfer experiments at the molecular level lack a robust, inexpensive experimental platform. In most cases researchers must develop their own experimental apparatus, interfaces and software. For those wishing to take advantage of the sensitivity and flexibility of nanoelectronic arrays, fabricating the devices is a formidable and cost prohibitive challenge. This project seeks to provide a state-of-the-art nanotechnology-based solution in an ultra sensitive and flexible detection platform.