期刊
TALANTA
卷 104, 期 -, 页码 149-154出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2012.11.017
关键词
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR); Hydrogel optical waveguide (HOW); Hydrogel binding matrix; 17 beta-estradiol (E2); Biosensors
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20771015]
- National 111 Project of China's Higher Education [B07012]
- European Soft Matter Infrastructure project (ESMI)
- European Commission [262348]
Rapid detection of hormones at sub-ng/ml concentrations is of tremendous importance for diagnostic purposes, quality control, and environmental monitoring. In this respect, we report a novel label-free biosensor based on hydrogel optical waveguide spectroscopy (HOWS) for the sensitive detection of 17 beta-estradiol (E2). This approach was implemented by using a thin hydrogel layer of a carboxylated poly(N-isoproprylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) terpolymer that was attached to a metallic sensor surface in order to simultaneously serve as a binding matrix and an optical waveguide. Refractive index changes that are accompanied with the specific capture of biomolecules from an aqueous sample on the sensor surface were probed by resonantly excited hydrogel optical waveguide modes. To optically excite and interrogate these waves, an optical setup based on Kretschmann configuration of attenuated total reflection (ATR) method that is compatible with surface plasmon resonance (SPR) was used. We demonstrate that HOWS offers a higher binding capacity, good anti-fouling properties, improved figure of merit, and E2 detection limit of 50 pg/ml which is seven times better than that obtained by a regular surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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