| Title | An alternative system for mycotoxin detection based on amorphous silicon sensors |
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| Publication Type | Presentazione a Congresso |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Caputo, Domenico, De Cesare Gianpiero, De Rossi P., Fanelli Corrado, Nascetti A., Ricelli Alessandra, and Scipinotti Riccardo |
| Editor | Becker, Thomas, Cane Carles, and N. Barker Scott |
| Conference Name | Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS III |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| Conference Location | Maspalomas, Gran Canaria |
| Keywords | Amorphous silicon, Chromatography, glass, Hydrogenation, ochratoxin A, Photocurrents, Photodetectors, Photosensor, Toxin detection |
| Abstract | In this work we investigate, for the first time, the performances of a system based on hydrogenated amorphous silicon photosensors for the detection of Ochratoxin A. The sensor is a n-type/intrinsic/p-type amorphous silicon stacked structure deposited on a glass substrate. The mycotoxin is deposited on a thin layer chromatographic plate and aligned with the sensor. An ultraviolet radiation excites the ochratoxin A, whose fluorescence produces a photocurrent in the sensor. The photocurrent value is proportional to the deposited mycotoxin quantity. An excellent linearity of the detector response over more than two orders of magnitude of ochratoxin A amount is observed. The minimum detected mycotoxin quantity is equal to 0.1ng, suggesting that the presented detection system could be a good candidate to perform rapid and analytical ochratoxin A analysis in different kind of samples. |
| URL | http://link.aip.org/link/?PSI/6589/65891F/1 |
| DOI | 10.1117/12.721931 |
| Citation Key | caputo:65891F |
