Abstract
Rapid detectionofhormonesatsub-ng/mlconcentrationsisoftremendousimportancefordiagnostic
purposes,qualitycontrol,andenvironmentalmonitoring.Inthisrespect,wereportanovellabel-free
biosensorbasedonhydrogelopticalwaveguidespectroscopy(HOWS)forthesensitivedetectionof
17b-estradiol(E2).Thisapproachwasimplementedbyusingathinhydrogellayerofacarboxylated
poly(N-isoproprylacrylamide)(PNIPAAm)terpolymerthatwasattachedtoametallicsensorsurfacein
order tosimultaneouslyserveasabindingmatrixandanopticalwaveguide.Refractiveindexchanges
that areaccompaniedwiththespecificcaptureofbiomoleculesfromanaqueoussampleonthesensor
surface wereprobedbyresonantlyexcitedhydrogelopticalwaveguidemodes.Toopticallyexciteand
interrogatethesewaves,anopticalsetupbasedonKretschmannconfigurationofattenuatedtotal
reflection(ATR)methodthatiscompatiblewithsurfaceplasmonresonance(SPR)wasused.We
demonstratethatHOWSoffersahigherbindingcapacity,goodanti-foulingproperties,improvedfigure
of merit,andE2detectionlimitof50pg/mlwhichisseventimesbetterthanthatobtainedbyaregular
surface plasmonresonance(SPR)biosensor.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 149-154 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Talanta |
| Volume | 104 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Research Field
- Outside the AIT Research Fields
Keywords
- Surface plasmonresonance (SPR)
- Hydrogel opticalwaveguide (HOW)
- Hydrogel binding matrix
- 17b-estradiol (E2)
- Biosensors
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