Detection limit improvement of surface plasmon resonance based biosensors using statistical hypothesis testing

Author(s):  
Anne Barnett ◽  
Ewa M. Goldys ◽  
Konrad Dybek
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Cao ◽  
Mark T. McDermott

ABSTRACTUltrasensitive and selective detection and quantification of dopamine (DA) plays a key role in monitoring neurodegenerative diseases. However, the detection limit reported for DA detection is typically in the lower nM range. Pushing the detection limit to pM or lower for this particular target to cover the physiological levels (< 130 pM) is significant. Herein, DA DNA aptamer (DAAPT) gold nanoparticle (AuNP) conjugate is utilized to enhance the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) signal, which enables to detect and quantify DA in the femtomolar (200 fM) to picomolar range. To the best of our knowledge, this is the lowest detection limit achieved for SPR sensing of dopamine. The as-prepared 10 nm DAAPT-AuNP conjugate demonstrates strong binding affinity (Kd = 3.1 ± 1.4 nM) to the complementary DNA (cDNA) probe on gold chip. The cDNA probe is immobilized to the chip via polydopamine surface chemistry, which allows the Michael addition of any primary amine-terminated biomolecules. By adjusting the concentration of the DAAPT-AuNP conjugate, two calibration curves are generated with dynamic ranges from 100 µM to 2 mM, and from 200 fM to 20 nM, respectively. Both calibration curves have negative slopes, showing good agreement to a dose-response curve in an enzyme inhibition assay. In addition, the sensing strategy is evaluated to be specific for DA detection using a series of DA analogs and other metabolites as potential interferences.


2013 ◽  
Vol 749 ◽  
pp. 491-494
Author(s):  
Ai Hui Liang ◽  
Qing Ye Liu ◽  
Gui Qing Wen ◽  
Ting Sheng Li ◽  
Zhi Liang Jiang

In HCl solution, the Se (IV) was reduced to SeH2 by NaBH4, and absorbed by solution of ethanol-AgNO3. The Ag+ was reduced to nanosilver that exhibited surface plasmon resonance absorption (SPR) peaks at 292 nm and 420 nm. Under the selected conditions, the value at 292 nm was linear to the concentration of Se (IV) in the range of 0.08-2.0 μg/mL, a detection limit of 0.04 μg/mL. The proposed method was applied to detect Se (IV) in water samples, with satisfactory results.


2006 ◽  
Vol 951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Singh ◽  
Takeshi Onodera ◽  
Kiyoshi Matsumoto ◽  
Norio Miura ◽  
Kiyoshi Toko

ABSTRACTA nano-scale biosensor chip surface was fabricated using dinitro-phenylated key hole limpet (DNP-KLH) protein conjugate as ligand supported by underlying 11-amino 1-undecanethiol hydrochloride(AUT) self assembled monolayer (SAM) and bis sulfosuccinimidyl suberate(BS3) as crosslinker. Bioactive thin films were fabricated over gold chip via layer-by-layer self assembly methods. Biomolecular interaction between substrate specific anti-TNT antibody and DNP-KLH conjugate surface was monitored through surface plasmon resonance based optical sensor. The quantitation of tri-nitro toluene(TNT) on this bioactive surface was done using the solution based competitive inhibition assay. The DNP-KLH surface biosensor has shown a detection limit of 0.14 ng/ml(140 ppt) for TNT molecule. The detection limit of surface plasmon resonance(SPR) biosensor was further enhanced by using goat anti mouse antibody to the 0.002 ng/ml for TNT analyte. This TNT specific biosensor holds the promise to be one of most sensitive sensor surface under indirect competitive assay format. A short injection (12 sec) of 10 mM Glycine-HCl solution was found adequate for regeneration of DNP-KLH surface for repeated use.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 906
Author(s):  
Alessandra Camarca ◽  
Antonio Varriale ◽  
Alessandro Capo ◽  
Angela Pennacchio ◽  
Alessia Calabrese ◽  
...  

The purpose of this work is to provide an exhaustive overview of the emerging biosensor technologies for the detection of analytes of interest for food, environment, security, and health. Over the years, biosensors have acquired increasing importance in a wide range of applications due to synergistic studies of various scientific disciplines, determining their great commercial potential and revealing how nanotechnology and biotechnology can be strictly connected. In the present scenario, biosensors have increased their detection limit and sensitivity unthinkable until a few years ago. The most widely used biosensors are optical-based devices such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based biosensors and fluorescence-based biosensors. Here, we will review them by highlighting how the progress in their design and development could impact our daily life.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Nur Afifah Ahmad Nazri ◽  
Nur Hidayah Azeman ◽  
Mohd Hafiz Abu Bakar ◽  
Nadhratun Naiim Mobarak ◽  
Yunhan Luo ◽  
...  

This paper demonstrates carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with triangular silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as the sensing materials of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensors for chlorophyll detection. The CQDs and AgNPs were prepared by a one-step hydrothermal process and a direct chemical reduction process, respectively. FTIR analysis shows that a CQD consists of NH2, OH, and COOH functional groups. The appearance of C=O and NH2 at 399.5 eV and 529.6 eV in XPS analysis indicates that functional groups are available for adsorption sites for chlorophyll interaction. A AgNP–CQD composite was coated on the glass slide surface using (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES) as a coupling agent and acted as the active sensing layer for chlorophyll detection. In LSPR sensing, the linear response detection for AgNP–CQD demonstrates R2 = 0.9581 and a sensitivity of 0.80 nm ppm−1, with a detection limit of 4.71 ppm ranging from 0.2 to 10.0 ppm. Meanwhile, a AgNP shows a linear response of R2 = 0.1541 and a sensitivity of 0.25 nm ppm−1, with the detection limit of 52.76 ppm upon exposure to chlorophyll. Based on these results, the AgNP–CQD composite shows a better linearity response and a higher sensitivity than bare AgNPs when exposed to chlorophyll, highlighting the potential of AgNP–CQD as a sensing material in this study.


The Analyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing Kiu Yeung ◽  
Shu-Cheng Lo ◽  
Sheng-Hann Wang ◽  
Pei-Kuen Wei ◽  
Ji-Yen Cheng

COVID-19 has demonstrated that a highly specific and rapid diagnostic system is a necessity. Spectral imaging-based surface plasmon resonance (SPRi) platform with integrated microfluidic biosensor to detect oligonucleotide sequences has...


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1616
Author(s):  
Roman Kaňok ◽  
Dalibor Ciprian ◽  
Petr Hlubina

Spatial phase modulation in an imaging interferometer is utilized in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based sensing of liquid analytes. In the interferometer, a collimated light beam from a laser diode irradiating at 637.1 nm is passing through a polarizer and is reflected from a plasmonic structure of SF10/Cr/Au attached to a prism in the Kretschmann configuration. The beam passes through a combination of a Wollaston prism, a polarizer and a lens, and forms an interference pattern on a CCD sensor of a color camera. Interference patterns obtained for different liquid analytes are acquired and transferred to the computer for data processing. The sensing concept is based on the detection of a refractive index change, which is transformed via the SPR phenomenon into an interference fringe phase shift. By calculating the phase shift for the plasmonic structure of SF10/Cr/Au of known parameters we demonstrate that this technique can detect different weight concentrations of ethanol diluted in water, or equivalently, different changes in the refractive index. The sensitivity to the refractive index and the detection limit obtained are −278 rad/refractive-index-unit (RIU) and 3.6 × 10 − 6 RIU, respectively. The technique is demonstrated in experiments with the same liquid analytes as in the theory. Applying an original approach in retrieving the fringe phase shift, we revealed good agreement between experiment and theory, and the measured sensitivity to the refractive index and the detection limit reached −226 rad/RIU and 4.4 × 10 − 6 RIU, respectively. These results suggest that the SPR interferometer with the detection of a fringe phase shift is particularly useful in applications that require measuring refractive index changes with high sensitivity.


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