Piezoresistive cantilever array sensor for consolidated bioprocess monitoring
Seonghwan Kim
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Search for more papers by this authorTouhidur Rahman
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Search for more papers by this authorLarry R. Senesac
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Search for more papers by this authorBrian H. Davison
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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Thomas Thundat
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831Search for more papers by this authorSeonghwan Kim
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Search for more papers by this authorTouhidur Rahman
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Search for more papers by this authorLarry R. Senesac
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Search for more papers by this authorBrian H. Davison
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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Thomas Thundat
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Cellulolytic microbes occur in diverse natural niches and are being screened for industrial modification and utility. A microbe for consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) development can rapidly degrade pure cellulose and then ferment the resulting sugars into fuels. To identify and screen for novel microbes for CBP, we have developed a piezoresistive cantilever array sensor which is capable of simultaneous monitoring of glucose and ethanol concentration changes in a phosphate buffer solution. 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid and polyethyleneglycol-thiol are employed to functionalize each piezoresistive cantilever for glucose and ethanol sensing, respectively. Successful concentration measurements of glucose and ethanol with minimal interferences are obtained with our cantilever array sensor. SCANNING 31: 204–210, 2009. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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