PMID- 38086307 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240101 LR - 20240106 IS - 1873-4235 (Electronic) IS - 0956-5663 (Linking) VI - 246 DP - 2024 Feb 15 TI - Dielectrophoretic force-induced wrinkling of graphene oxide: Enhancing electrical conductivity and expanding biosensing applications. PG - 115867 LID - S0956-5663(23)00809-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115867 [doi] AB - Graphene oxide (GO) has many advantages, making it suitable for various applications. However, it has low electrical conductivity, restricting its applicability to electrochemical biosensors. This study used dielectrophoretic (DEP) force to control the movement and deformation of GO nanosheets to achieve high electrical conductivity without the chemical reduction of oxygen functional groups. Subjecting the DEP force to GO nanosheets induced physical deformation leading to the formation of wrinkled structures. A computational simulation was performed to set an appropriate electrical condition for operating a positive DEP force effect of at least 10(19) v(2)/m(3), and the interdigitated microelectrode structure was selected. The resulting wrinkled GO exhibited significantly improved electrical conductivity, reaching 21.721 muS while preserving the essential oxygen functional groups. Furthermore, a biosensor was fabricated using wrinkled GO deposited via DEP force. The biosensor demonstrated superior sensitivity, exhibiting a 9.6-fold enhancement compared with reduced GO (rGO) biosensors, as demonstrated through biological experiments targeting inducible nitric oxide synthase. This study highlights the potential of using DEP force to enhance electrical conductivity in GO-based biosensing applications, opening new avenues for high-performance diagnostics. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Park, Yejin AU - Park Y AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Hyejin AU - Kim H AD - Institute of Chemical Processes (ICP), Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea. FAU - Song, Jaeyoon AU - Song J AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Sehyeon AU - Kim S AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Byung Chul AU - Lee BC AD - Bionics Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Korea; KHU-KIST Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 02447, Korea. FAU - Kim, Jinsik AU - Kim J AD - Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: lookup2@dongguk.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231130 PL - England TA - Biosens Bioelectron JT - Biosensors & bioelectronics JID - 9001289 RN - 0 (graphene oxide) RN - 7782-42-5 (Graphite) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - *Biosensing Techniques/methods MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Electric Conductivity MH - *Graphite/chemistry MH - Oxygen OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biosensor OT - Chemical reduction OT - Dielectrophoretic force OT - Electrical conductivity OT - Graphene oxide OT - Wrinkles COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/12/13 00:41 MHDA- 2024/01/02 11:45 CRDT- 2023/12/12 18:09 PHST- 2023/08/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/11/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/02 11:45 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/13 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/12 18:09 [entrez] AID - S0956-5663(23)00809-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115867 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biosens Bioelectron. 2024 Feb 15;246:115867. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115867. Epub 2023 Nov 30.