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US 12,215,374 · App. 17/055,359 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Biosensor with porous wicking layer

Inventor: Paul Dastoor (Gosforth, AU)
Assignee: The University of Newcastle
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Patent No.
US 12,215,374
App. No.
17/055,359
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to organic thin film sensors and the preparation and use thereof in sensing applications, and in particular in glucose sensing. The sensor is characterised by a layered structure comprising a porous wicking layer whose surface is configured to receive a liquid sample. An enzyme is disposed on or within the porous layer for facilitating the generation of a charge carrier from an analyte. A polymer layer in contact with the porous layer is connected to an ohmic conductor for applying a gate voltage to the polymer layer, the polymer layer being conductive to the charge carrier; and an organic semiconducting layer is connected to a source electrode and a drain electrode.

Claims (25)

1. An organic thin film transistor based sensor for detecting the presence of an analyte in a hydrophilic liquid sample, the sensor including:

a porous polymer wicking layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is configured to receive a liquid sample;

an enzyme disposed on or within the porous polymer wicking layer, the enzyme for facilitating the generation of a charge carrier from an analyte;

a polymer gating layer in contact with the second surface of the porous polymer wicking layer, and configured to be connected to an ohmic conductor for applying a gate voltage to the polymer gating layer, the polymer gating layer being conductive to the charge carrier; and

an organic semiconducting layer configured to be connected to and between a source electrode and a drain electrode,

wherein the porous polymer wicking layer is a different material than the polymer gating layer.

2. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the porous polymer wicking layer has a thickness of from 50 nm up to about 500 μm.

3. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein a drop of the liquid on the first surface of the porous polymer wicking layer has a contact angle of 60° or less.

4. The sensor of claim 3 , wherein the contact angle is 50° or less.

5. The sensor of claim 4 , wherein the contact angle is 40° or less.

6. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the pore size is from 50 nm to 2000 nm.

7. The sensor of claim 6 , wherein the pore size is from 100 nm to 1000 nm.

8. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the porous polymer wicking layer has a void ratio of from about 30% up to about 95%.

9. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the porous polymer wicking layer is formed from a polymer that has a glass transition temperature of at least 80° C.

10. The sensor of claim 9 , wherein the glass transition temperature is at least 90° C.

11. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the porous polymer wicking layer is formed from a polymer that is soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide.

12. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the porous polymer wicking layer is formed from a polymer that is formed from a one or more repeating monomer units, wherein the one or more repeating monomer units do not include a halide atom.

13. The sensor of claim 12 , wherein the one or more repeating monomer units consist of C, N, and H atoms.

14. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the porous polymer wicking layer is a porous polyacrylonitrile (PAN) layer.

15. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the enzyme is within the porous polymer wicking layer.

16. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the analyte is glucose and the enzyme is glucose oxidase.

17. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the polymer gating layer is a sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene-based fluoropolymer-copolymer.

18. The sensor of claim 17 , wherein the polymer gating layer comprises tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro-3,6-dioxa-4-methyl-7-octenesulfonic acid copolymer.

19. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the organic semiconducting layer includes one or more organic polymers selected from the group consisting of polyacetylenes, porphyrins, phthalocyanins, fullerenes, polyparaphenylenes, polyphenylenevinylenes, polyfluorenes, polythiophenes, polypyrroles, polypyridines, polycarbazoles, polypyridinevinylenes, polyarylvinylenes, poly(p-phenylmethylvinylenes).

20. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the organic semiconducting layer includes poly-3-hexylthiophene.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2025
From: LIFE SCIENCE BIOSENSOR DIAGNOSTICS PTY LTD
To: THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
Reel/Frame 070305/0054 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 11, 2021
From: LIFE SCIENCE BIOSENSOR DIAGNOSTICS PTY LTD
To: LIFE SCIENCE BIOSENSOR DIAGNOSTICS PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 054959/0363 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2020
From: DASTOOR, PAUL
To: LIFE SCIENCE BIOSENSOR DIAGNOSTICS PTY LTD
Reel/Frame 054361/0733 →
Priority Claims (1)
AU 2018901675 · May 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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