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. 2018 Jan 1;18(1):103. doi: 10.3390/s18010103

Table 2.

Examples of ORs-based bioelectronic noses. Adapted from [48].

Sensor Type Analytes Sensitivity Ref.
Olfactory receptor proteins(ORPs) from bullfrogs (Rana spp.) coated onto the surface of a piezoelectric (PZ) electrode n-caproic acid, isoamyl acetate, n-decyl alcohol, linalool, ethyl caporate 10−6–10−7 g [27]
Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) was coated with ODR-10 receptor (C. elegans) Diacetyl - [28]
hOR 2AG1 (hOR2AG1) conjugated carboxylated polypyrrole nanotubes (CPNTs) field-effect transistors (FETs) Amyl butyrate 10 fM [44]
Trinitrotoluene (TNT) receptors bound to conjugated polydiacetylene (PDA) polymers with single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (SWNTFET) Trinitrotoluene 1 fM [49]
A liquid-ion gated FET B-nose using human olfactory receptors 2AG1 (hOR2AG1: OR)-conjugated modified bilayer graphene (MBLG) Amyl butyrate 0.04 fM [14]
An olfactory-nanovesicle-fused carbon-nanotube-transistor biosensor(OCB) with canine ORs(cfOR5269) Hexanal 1 fM [46]
Single-walled carbon nanotube-based FETs (SWNT-FETs) with human OR 2AG1 (hOR2AG1) Amyl butyrate 1 fM [33]
Single walled-carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (SWNT-FETs) functionalized with olfactory receptor-derived peptides (ORPs) Trimethylamine 10 fM [34]
Nanovesicle-based bioelectronic nose (NvBN) with 30 types of human olfactory receptors (hORs) Heptanal 10 fM [47]
Multiplexed superbioelectronic nose (MSB-nose) using graphene micropatterns (GMs) and field-effect transistor (FET) with two different hORs (hOR2AG1 and hOR3A1) Amyl butylate, helional 0.1 fM [13]
Olfactory receptor-derived peptides(ORP)-coated Single-walled carbon nanotube-field effect transistors (SWNT-FETs) based on a novel microfluidic system (μBN) Trimethylamine 10 ppt [30]
An array of five Surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators coated with three types of odorant-binding proteins (OBPs): the wild-type OBP from bovine (wtbOBP), a double-mutant of the OBP from bovine (dmbOBP), the wild-type OBP from pig (wtpOBP) R-(–)-1-octen-3-ol (octenol),
R-(–)-carvone (carvone)
0.48 ppm
0.74 ppm
[20]
Human olfactory receptor (OR) nanovesicle integrated single-walled carbon nanotubes field-effect transistors (SWNT-FETs) 1-octen-3-ol 1 fM [31]
Zinc Nanoparticles (NanoZn) equipped biosensor based on olfactory receptor cells bombined with Zinc Nanoparticles (MEA) Isoamyl acetate, acetic acid 10−15 M [50]