AVS 65th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Applied Surface Science Division Thursday Sessions
       Session AS+SE-ThM

Paper AS+SE-ThM6
Modification of Sputtered Carbon Surfaces in Biosensor Arrays

Thursday, October 25, 2018, 9:40 am, Room 204

Session: Applied Surface Analysis of Novel, Complex or Challenging Materials
Presenter: Varun Jain, Brigham Young University
Authors: V. Jain, Brigham Young University
M.R. Linford, Brigham Young University
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We describe the chemical modification of carbon surfaces with an eye towards employing them in biosensor (DNA) arrays. Carbon was deposited in thin film form by DC and HIPIMS magnetron sputtering. These depositions were confirmed by atomic force microscopy step height measurements. As indicated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the resulting material contained some oxidized carbon at its surface, including –COOH type moieties. These groups could be directly activated for amine attachment using a combination of a carbodiimide (EDC) and sulfo -N-hydroxysuccinimide. Direct attachment of a variety of amines was then possible on this surface, where this process could be followed through the N 1s XPS signal. The surfaces were also activated by direct chlorination using PCl5, where this process could again be followed by XPS – XPS revealed the introduction and disappearance of chlorine. That is, the chlorine on the resulting carbon surfaces could be nucleophilically replaced with a variety of amines. The DC and HIPIMS sputtered carbon films showed different numbers of reactive functional groups, and the HIPIMS carbon shows unusually smoothness and density by scanning electron microscopy.