Detecting biomolecules with nanoscale active electronic devices.

Nanoscale electronic devices offer bio-detection schemes that are complementary to optical detection methods. This paper reviews the utilization of field effect transistor devices with carbon nanotubes as conducting channels –the device architectures and detection schemes are reviewed in the paper 5592-34 presented at this meeting – for the detection and monitoring biological processes such as ligand-receptor interactions and enzymatic processes. A complex device with both biological and electronic functionality is also discussed. 1