Organic Microbial Electrochemical Transistor Monitoring Extracellular Electron Transfer

Abstract: Extracellular electron transfer (EET) denotes the process of microbial respiration with electron transfer to extracellular acceptors and has been exploited in a range of microbial electrochemical systems (MESs). To further understand EET and to optimize the performance of MESs, a better understanding of the dynamics at the microscale is needed. However, the real‐time monitoring of EET at high spatiotemporal resolution would require sophisticated signal amplification. To amplify local EET signals, a miniaturized bioelectronic device, the so‐called organic microbial electrochemical transistor (OMECT), is developed, which includes Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1 integrated onto organic electrochemical transistors comprising poly (3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly (styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) combined with poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA). Bacteria are attached to the gate of the transistor by a chronoamperometric method and the successful attachment is confirmed by fluorescence microscopy. Monitoring EET with the OMECT configuration is achieved due to the inherent amplification of the transistor, revealing fast time‐responses to lactate. The limits of detection when using microfabricated gates as charge collectors are also investigated. The work is a first step toward understanding and monitoring EET in highly confined spaces via microfabricated organic electronic devices, and it can be of importance to study exoelectrogens in microenvironments, such as those of the human microbiome.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Organic Microbial Electrochemical Transistor Monitoring Extracellular Electron Transfer ; volume:7 ; number:15 ; year:2020 ; extent:8
Advanced science ; 7, Heft 15 (2020) (gesamt 8)

Creator
Méhes, Gábor
Roy, Arghyamalya
Strakosas, Xenofon
Berggren, Magnus
Stavrinidou, Eleni
Simon, Daniel T.

DOI
10.1002/advs.202000641
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022062707261519734703
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Méhes, Gábor
  • Roy, Arghyamalya
  • Strakosas, Xenofon
  • Berggren, Magnus
  • Stavrinidou, Eleni
  • Simon, Daniel T.

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