Enhanced bioaffinity sensing using surface plasmons, surface enzyme reactions, nanoparticles and diffraction gratings

Lee, H.J. and Wark, A.W. and Corn, R.M. (2008) Enhanced bioaffinity sensing using surface plasmons, surface enzyme reactions, nanoparticles and diffraction gratings. Analyst, 133 (5). pp. 596-601. ISSN 0003-2654 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b718713k)

Full text not available in this repository.Request a copy

Abstract

This paper introduces a novel approach to surface bioaffinity sensing based on the adsorption of nanoparticles onto a gold diffraction grating that supports the excitation of planar surface plasmons. A surface enzymatic amplification reaction is also incorporated into the detection scheme to enhance the sensitivity and utility of the nanoparticle-enhanced diffraction grating (NEDG) sensors. As a demonstration, the detection of microRNA is described where a combination of a surface polymerase reaction and DNA-modified nanoparticles is used to detect the bioaffinity adsorption of the target onto the probe-functionalized gold grating surface. The enzymatically-amplified NEDG sensors possess a great potential for a wide range of applications including the detection of biosecurity agents, DNA and RNA viruses, biomarkers, and proteins.

CORE (COnnecting REpositories)