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Gavartin E, Verlot P, Kippenberg TJ. A hybrid on-chip optomechanical transducer for ultrasensitive force measurements. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 7:509-14. [PMID: 22728341 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Nanoscale mechanical oscillators are used as ultrasensitive detectors of force, mass and charge. Nanomechanical oscillators have also been coupled with optical and electronic resonators to explore the quantum properties of mechanical systems. Here, we report an optomechanical transducer in which a Si(3)N(4) nanomechanical beam is coupled to a disk-shaped optical resonator made of silica on a single chip. We demonstrate a force sensitivity of 74 aN Hz(-1/2) at room temperature with a readout stability better than 1% at the minute scale. Our system is particularly suited for the detection of very weak incoherent forces, which is difficult with existing approaches because the force resolution scales with the fourth root of the averaging time. By applying dissipative feedback based on radiation pressure, we significantly relax this constraint and are able to detect an incoherent force with a force spectral density of just 15 aN Hz(-1/2) (which is 25 times less than the thermal noise) within 35 s of averaging time (which is 30 times less than the averaging time that would be needed in the absence of feedback). It is envisaged that our hybrid on-chip transducer could improve the performance of various forms of force microscopy.
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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The alarming rise in drug-resistant hospital ‘superbugs’ and the associated increase in fatalities is driving the development of technologies to search for new antibiotics and improve disease diagnostics. One of the most successful drug targets is the bacterial cell wall, an evolutionary feature of virtually all prokaryotes and vital for their survival by providing mechanical strength. The recent discovery of bacterial cytoskeletal proteins analogous to the key force-bearing machinery in eukaryotes also provides new opportunities for drug discovery, but little is known about their mechanical role in bacteria. In the present short article, I review recent developments in the field of nanotechnology to investigate the mechanical mechanisms of action of potent antibiotics on cell wall and cytoskeletal targets with unprecedented spatial, temporal and force resolution and the development of a new generation of nanomechanical devices to detect pathogens for point-of-care diagnostics.
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Cuffe J, Chávez E, Shchepetov A, Chapuis PO, El Boudouti EH, Alzina F, Kehoe T, Gomis-Bresco J, Dudek D, Pennec Y, Djafari-Rouhani B, Prunnila M, Ahopelto J, Sotomayor Torres CM. Phonons in slow motion: dispersion relations in ultrathin Si membranes. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:3569-73. [PMID: 22650605 DOI: 10.1021/nl301204u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We report the changes in dispersion relations of hypersonic acoustic phonons in free-standing silicon membranes as thin as ∼8 nm. We observe a reduction of the phase and group velocities of the fundamental flexural mode by more than 1 order of magnitude compared to bulk values. The modification of the dispersion relation in nanostructures has important consequences for noise control in nano- and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) as well as opto-mechanical devices.
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- John Cuffe
- Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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Lerner MB, D’Souza J, Pazina T, Dailey J, Goldsmith BR, Robinson MK, Johnson AC. Hybrids of a genetically engineered antibody and a carbon nanotube transistor for detection of prostate cancer biomarkers. ACS NANO 2012; 6:5143-9. [PMID: 22575126 PMCID: PMC3383883 DOI: 10.1021/nn300819s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We developed a novel detection method for osteopontin (OPN), a new biomarker for prostate cancer, by attaching a genetically engineered single-chain variable fragment (scFv) protein with high binding affinity for OPN to a carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (NT-FET). Chemical functionalization using diazonium salts is used to covalently attach scFv to NT-FETs, as confirmed by atomic force microscopy, while preserving the activity of the biological binding site for OPN. Electron transport measurements indicate that functionalized NT-FET may be used to detect the binding of OPN to the complementary scFv protein. A concentration-dependent increase in the source-drain current is observed in the regime of clinical significance, with a detection limit of approximately 30 fM. The scFv-NT hybrid devices exhibit selectivity for OPN over other control proteins. These devices respond to the presence of OPN in a background of concentrated bovine serum albumin, without loss of signal. On the basis of these observations, the detection mechanism is attributed to changes in scattering at scFv protein-occupied defect sites on the carbon nanotube sidewall. The functionalization procedure described here is expected to be generalizable to any antibody containing an accessible amine group and to result in biosensors appropriate for detection of corresponding complementary proteins at fM concentrations.
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- Mitchell B. Lerner
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33 St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Developmental Therapeutics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Developmental Therapeutics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33 St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33 St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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- Developmental Therapeutics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, 209 S. 33 St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104
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Karabalin RB, Villanueva LG, Matheny MH, Sader JE, Roukes ML. Stress-induced variations in the stiffness of micro- and nanocantilever beams. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 108:236101. [PMID: 23003973 PMCID: PMC3839317 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.236101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The effect of surface stress on the stiffness of cantilever beams remains an outstanding problem in the physical sciences. While numerous experimental studies report significant stiffness change due to surface stress, theoretical predictions are unable to rigorously and quantitatively reconcile these observations. In this Letter, we present the first controlled measurements of stress-induced change in cantilever stiffness with commensurate theoretical quantification. Simultaneous measurements are also performed on equivalent clamped-clamped beams. All experimental results are quantitatively and accurately predicted using elasticity theory. We also present conclusive experimental evidence for invalidity of the long-standing and unphysical axial force model, which has been widely applied to interpret measurements using cantilever beams. Our findings will be of value in the development of micro- and nanoscale resonant mechanical sensors.
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- R B Karabalin
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Federici S, Oliviero G, Maiolo D, Depero LE, Colombo I, Bergese P. On the thermodynamics of biomolecule surface transformations. J Colloid Interface Sci 2012; 375:1-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Duan X, Li Y, Rajan NK, Routenberg DA, Modis Y, Reed MA. Quantification of the affinities and kinetics of protein interactions using silicon nanowire biosensors. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 7:401-7. [PMID: 22635097 PMCID: PMC4180882 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 04/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Monitoring the binding affinities and kinetics of protein interactions is important in clinical diagnostics and drug development because such information is used to identify new therapeutic candidates. Surface plasmon resonance is at present the standard method used for such analysis, but this is limited by low sensitivity and low-throughput analysis. Here, we show that silicon nanowire field-effect transistors can be used as biosensors to measure protein-ligand binding affinities and kinetics with sensitivities down to femtomolar concentrations. Based on this sensing mechanism, we develop an analytical model to calibrate the sensor response and quantify the molecular binding affinities of two representative protein-ligand binding pairs. The rate constant of the association and dissociation of the protein-ligand pair is determined by monitoring the reaction kinetics, demonstrating that silicon nanowire field-effect transistors can be readily used as high-throughput biosensors to quantify protein interactions.
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- Xuexin Duan
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
- Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to M.A.R.
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Flexure-FET biosensor to break the fundamental sensitivity limits of nanobiosensors using nonlinear electromechanical coupling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:9304-8. [PMID: 22623527 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1203749109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this article, we propose a Flexure-FET (flexure sensitive field effect transistor) ultrasensitive biosensor that utilizes the nonlinear electromechanical coupling to overcome the fundamental sensitivity limits of classical electrical or mechanical nanoscale biosensors. The stiffness of the suspended gate of Flexure-FET changes with the capture of the target biomolecules, and the corresponding change in the gate shape or deflection is reflected in the drain current of FET. The Flexure-FET is configured to operate such that the gate is biased near pull-in instability, and the FET-channel is biased in the subthreshold regime. In this coupled nonlinear operating mode, the sensitivity (S) of Flexure-FET with respect to the captured molecule density (N(s)) is shown to be exponentially higher than that of any other electrical or mechanical biosensor. In other words, while S(Flexure) ~ e(γ1 [square root]Ns-γ2Ns), classical electrical or mechanical biosensors are limited to S(classical) ~ γ(3)N(S) or γ(4) ln(N(S)), where γ(i) are sensor-specific constants. In addition, the proposed sensor can detect both charged and charge-neutral biomolecules, without requiring a reference electrode or any sophisticated instrumentation, making it a potential candidate for various low-cost, point-of-care applications.
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Joo J, Kwon D, Yim C, Jeon S. Highly sensitive diagnostic assay for the detection of protein biomarkers using microresonators and multifunctional nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2012; 6:4375-4381. [PMID: 22515817 DOI: 10.1021/nn301071c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We developed a novel gravimetric immunoassay for sensitive detection of multiple protein biomarkers using silicon microcantilever arrays and multifunctional hybrid nanoparticles. Magnetic-photocatalytic hybrid nanoparticles with a highly crystalline TiO(2) shell were synthesized using a solvothermal reaction without a calcination process. After functionalizing the hybrid nanoparticles and silicon cantilevers with antibodies, the nanoparticles were used to magnetically separate target biomarkers from human serum. Frequency changes of the microcantilevers due to the binding of the nanoparticles were measured using a dip-and-dry method. Frequency changes were further amplified using a photocatalytic silver reduction reaction. Several biomarkers, including interleukin-6, interferon-γ, and alpha-fetoprotein, were selectively detected using arrays of eight silicon microcantilevers. The detection limit of this assay was ∼0.1 pg/mL, which is superior to the clinical threshold of the biomarkers.
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- Jinmyoung Joo
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
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Lin CM, Chen YY, Felmetsger VV, Senesky DG, Pisano AP. AlN/3C-SiC composite plate enabling high-frequency and high-Q micromechanical resonators. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2012; 24:2722-7. [PMID: 22495881 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Revised: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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An AlN/3C-SiC composite layer enables the third-order quasi-symmetric (QS(3)) Lamb wave mode with a high quality factor (Q) characteristic and an ultra-high phase velocity up to 32395 ms(-1). A Lamb wave resonator utilizing the QS(3) mode exhibits a low motional impedance of 91 Ω and a high Q of 5510 at a series resonance frequency (f(s)) of 2.92 GHz, resulting in the highest f(s)·Q product of 1.61 × 10(13) Hz among the suspended piezoelectric thin film resonators reported to date.
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- Chih-Ming Lin
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, USA.
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Lee G, Eom K, Park J, Yang J, Haam S, Huh YM, Ryu JK, Kim NH, Yook JI, Lee SW, Yoon DS, Kwon T. Real-Time Quantitative Monitoring of Specific Peptide Cleavage by a Proteinase for Cancer Diagnosis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:5837-41. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Revised: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Lee G, Eom K, Park J, Yang J, Haam S, Huh YM, Ryu JK, Kim NH, Yook JI, Lee SW, Yoon DS, Kwon T. Real-Time Quantitative Monitoring of Specific Peptide Cleavage by a Proteinase for Cancer Diagnosis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201108830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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He Y, Zhang X, Zhang S, Kris MKL, Man FC, Liu G. Visual detection of single-base mismatches in DNA using hairpin oligonucleotide with double-target DNA binding sequences and gold nanoparticles. Biosens Bioelectron 2012; 34:37-43. [PMID: 22386491 PMCID: PMC4110906 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.12.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Revised: 12/24/2011] [Accepted: 12/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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We describe a hairpin oligonucleotide (HO) with double-target DNA binding sequences in the loop and 11-base in the stem for visual detection of single-base mismatches (SBM) in DNA with highly specificity. The thiol-modified HO was immobilized on gold nanoparticle (Au-NP) surface through a self-assembling process. The strategy of detecting SBM depends on the unique molecular recognition properties of HO to the perfect-matched DNA and SBM to generate different quantities of duplex DNA on the Au-NP surface, which are captured on the test zone of lateral flow test strip via the DNA hybridization reaction between the duplex DNA and preimmobilized DNA probe. Accumulation of Au-NPs produces the characteristic red bands, enabling visual detection of SBM. It was found that the ability of HO to differentiate perfect-matched DNA and SBM was increased dramatically by incorporating double-target DNA binding sequences in the loop of HO. The signal ratio between perfect-matched DNA and SBM was up to 28, which is much higher than that of conventional HO or molecular beacon. The approach was applied to detect the mutation sites, Arg142Cys and Gly529Ile, of transglutaminase 1 gene in autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis. The results presented here show that the new HO is a potential molecular recognition probe for the future development of nucleic acid-based biosensors and bioassays. The approach can be used for point-of-care diagnosis of genetic diseases and detecting infectious agents or warning against bio-warfare agents.
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- Yuqing He
- Department of Dermatology, Guangzhou Institute of Dermatology, Guangzhou 510095, PR China
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58105
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- Department of Dermatology, Guangzhou Institute of Dermatology, Guangzhou 510095, PR China
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- Department of Dermatology, Guangzhou Institute of Dermatology, Guangzhou 510095, PR China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hongkong
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58105
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Hakim MMA, Lombardini M, Sun K, Giustiniano F, Roach PL, Davies DE, Howarth PH, de Planque MRR, Morgan H, Ashburn P. Thin film polycrystalline silicon nanowire biosensors. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:1868-1872. [PMID: 22432636 DOI: 10.1021/nl2042276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Polysilicon nanowire biosensors have been fabricated using a top-down process and were used to determine the binding constant of two inflammatory biomarkers. A very low cost nanofabrication process was developed, based on simple and mature photolithography, thin film technology, and plasma etching, enabling an easy route to mass manufacture. Antibody-functionalized nanowire sensors were used to detect the proteins interleukin-8 (IL-8) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) over a wide range of concentrations, demonstrating excellent sensitivity and selectivity, exemplified by a detection sensitivity of 10 fM in the presence of a 100,000-fold excess of a nontarget protein. Nanowire titration curves gave antibody-antigen dissociation constants in good agreement with low-salt enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). This fabrication process produces high-quality nanowires that are suitable for low-cost mass production, providing a realistic route to the realization of disposable nanoelectronic point-of-care (PoC) devices.
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- Mohammad M A Hakim
- School of Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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High sensitivity nanosensors utilize optical, mechanical, electrical, and magnetic relaxation properties to push detection limits of biomarkers below previously possible concentrations. The unique properties of nanomaterials and nanotechnology are exploited to design biomarker diagnostics. High-sensitivity recognition is achieved by signal and target amplification along with thorough pre-processing of samples. In this tutorial review, we introduce the type of detection signals read by nanosensors to detect extremely small concentrations of biomarkers and provide distinctive examples of high-sensitivity sensors. The use of such high-sensitivity nanosensors can offer earlier detection of disease than currently available to patients and create significant improvements in clinical outcomes.
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- Magdalena Swierczewska
- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 31 Center Dr 1C22, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Fax: +1-301-480-1613; Tel: +1-301-451-4246
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Bioengineering Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 31 Center Dr 1C22, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Fax: +1-301-480-1613; Tel: +1-301-451-4246
- Sichuan Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637007, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 31 Center Dr 1C22, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Fax: +1-301-480-1613; Tel: +1-301-451-4246
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 31 Center Dr 1C22, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Fax: +1-301-480-1613; Tel: +1-301-451-4246
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WANG YX, YE ZZ, SI CY, YING YB. Application of Aptamer Based Biosensors for Detection of Pathogenic Microorganisms. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2012. [PMCID: PMC7148936 DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(11)60542-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Aptamer is a kind of synthetic oligonucleotides discriminated by in vitro screening and systematic evolution of exponential enrichment technology (SELEX), which can bind to certain targets (small molecules, proteins, or even entire cells) with extremely high specificity. Owing to the advantages of simple preparation, easy modification and good stability, aptamers have been used to construct biosensors for the detection of pathogenic microorganisms. This paper presents the latest advances in SELEX for screening aptamers for pathogenic microorganisms, demonstrates some reported aptamers for pathogenic microorganisms (protozoa, viruses, bacteria), and reviews aptamer based biosensors for detection of pathogenic microorganisms. Finally, the new trends in aptamer based biosensors for detection of pathogenic microorganisms are also discussed.
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In atomic force microscopy a cantilever with a sharp tip attached to it is scanned over the surface of a sample, and information about the surface is extracted by measuring how the deflection of the cantilever - which is caused by interactions between the tip and the surface - varies with position. In the most common form of atomic force microscopy, dynamic force microscopy, the cantilever is made to vibrate at a specific frequency, and the deflection of the tip is measured at this frequency. But the motion of the cantilever is highly nonlinear, and in conventional dynamic force microscopy, information about the sample that is encoded in the deflection at frequencies other than the excitation frequency is irreversibly lost. Multifrequency force microscopy involves the excitation and/or detection of the deflection at two or more frequencies, and it has the potential to overcome limitations in the spatial resolution and acquisition times of conventional force microscopes. Here we review the development of five different modes of multifrequency force microscopy and examine its application in studies of proteins, the imaging of vibrating nanostructures, measurements of ion diffusion and subsurface imaging in cells.
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- Ricardo Garcia
- IMM-Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, CSIC, Isaac Newton 8, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain.
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The future of clinical and POC BioMEMS is very bright. With an increasing emphasis on the personalization of medicine and the rising costs of health care, early detection and diagnostics at the POC will be even more important. Early detection implies early intervention, resulting in the saving of lives and reducing overall spending. The potential impact of these technologies on the early diagnosis and management of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases is very high. Many grand challenges applications are possible, e.g., routine tests such as complete blood cell count on a chip that an individual can perform at home; detection of cardiac markers from blood after a perceived heart attack; detection of cancer markers such as exosomes, CTCs from blood, or protein biomarkers in serum; and detection of infectious agents such as virus and bacteria for public health. These applications are expected to result in new diagnostic assays for home, doctor's office, clinical laboratories, and various POC settings.
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- Nicholas Watkins
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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Bargatin I, Myers EB, Aldridge JS, Marcoux C, Brianceau P, Duraffourg L, Colinet E, Hentz S, Andreucci P, Roukes ML. Large-scale integration of nanoelectromechanical systems for gas sensing applications. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:1269-74. [PMID: 22280452 PMCID: PMC3839335 DOI: 10.1021/nl2037479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We have developed arrays of nanomechanical systems (NEMS) by large-scale integration, comprising thousands of individual nanoresonators with densities of up to 6 million NEMS per square centimeter. The individual NEMS devices are electrically coupled using a combined series-parallel configuration that is extremely robust with respect to lithographical defects and mechanical or electrostatic-discharge damage. Given the large number of connected nanoresonators, the arrays are able to handle extremely high input powers (>1 W per array, corresponding to <1 mW per nanoresonator) without excessive heating or deterioration of resonance response. We demonstrate the utility of integrated NEMS arrays as high-performance chemical vapor sensors, detecting a part-per-billion concentration of a chemical warfare simulant within only a 2 s exposure period.
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- I Bargatin
- Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Department of Physics, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Basarir O, Bramhavar S, Ekinci KL. Motion transduction in nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) arrays using near-field optomechanical coupling. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:534-539. [PMID: 22263699 DOI: 10.1021/nl2031585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Development of efficient and sensitive motion transducers for arrays of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) is important for fundamental research as well as for technological applications. Here, we report a single-wire nanomechanical transducer interface, which relies upon near-field optomechanical interactions. This multiplexed transducer interface comes in the form of a single-mode fiber taper on a fiber-optic cable. When the fiber taper is positioned sufficiently close to the NEMS array such that it can attain evanescent optical coupling with the array, individual NEMS resonances can be actuated using optical dipole forces. In addition, sensitive detection of nanomechanical motion can be realized when the evanescent waves confined around the taper are scattered by the motion. We have measured resonances from an array of 63 NEMS resonators with a displacement sensitivity of 2-8 pm·Hz(-1/2) at a detection power of ~100 μW (incident on the entire array).
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- O Basarir
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Ramos D, Gil-Santos E, Pini V, Llorens JM, Fernández-Regúlez M, San Paulo Á, Calleja M, Tamayo J. Optomechanics with silicon nanowires by harnessing confined electromagnetic modes. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:932-937. [PMID: 22268657 DOI: 10.1021/nl204002u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The optomechanical coupling that emerges in an optical cavity in which one of the mirrors is a mechanical resonator has allowed sub-Kelvin cooling with the prospect of observing quantum phenomena and self-sustained oscillators with very high spectral purity. Both applications clearly benefit from the use of the smallest possible mechanical resonator. Unfortunately, the optomechanical coupling largely decays when the size of the mechanical system is below the light wavelength. Here, we propose to exploit the optical resonances associated to the light confinement in subwavelength structures to circumvent this limitation, efficiently extending optomechanics to nanoscale objects. We demonstrate this mechanism with suspended silicon nanowires. We are able to optically cool the mechanical vibration of the nanowires from room temperature to 30-40 K or to obtain regenerative mechanical oscillation with a frequency stability of about one part per million. The reported optomechanical phenomena can be exploited for developing cost-optimized mass sensors with sensitivities in the zeptogram range.
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- Daniel Ramos
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Yurt A, Daaboul GG, Connor JH, Goldberg BB, Ünlü MS. Single nanoparticle detectors for biological applications. NANOSCALE 2012; 4:715-26. [PMID: 22214976 PMCID: PMC3759154 DOI: 10.1039/c2nr11562j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Nanoparticle research has become increasingly important in the context of bioscience and biotechnology. Practical use of nanoparticles in biology has significantly advanced our understanding about biological processes in the nanoscale as well as led to many novel diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Besides, synthetic and natural nanoparticles are of concern for their potential adverse effect on human health. Development of novel detection and characterization tools for nanoparticles will impact a broad range of disciplines in biological research from nanomedicine to nanotoxicology. In this article, we discuss the recent progress and future directions in the area of single nanoparticle detectors with an emphasis on their biological applications. A brief critical overview of electrical and mechanical detection techniques is given and a more in-depth discussion of label-free optical detection techniques is presented.
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- Abdulkadir Yurt
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Physics Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Dionisio M, Oliviero G, Menozzi D, Federici S, Yebeutchou RM, Schmidtchen FP, Dalcanale E, Bergese P. Nanomechanical Recognition of N-Methylammonium Salts. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:2392-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ja210567k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Marco Dionisio
- Department of Organic and Industrial
Chemistry, University of Parma, and INSTM, UdR Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia,
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- Department of Organic and Industrial
Chemistry, University of Parma, and INSTM, UdR Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia,
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- Department of Organic and Industrial
Chemistry, University of Parma, and INSTM, UdR Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Organic and Industrial
Chemistry, University of Parma, and INSTM, UdR Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia,
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Chen W, Lam RHW, Fu J. Photolithographic surface micromachining of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:391-5. [PMID: 22089984 PMCID: PMC4120064 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20721k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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A major technical hurdle in microfluidics is the difficulty in achieving high fidelity lithographic patterning on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Here, we report a simple yet highly precise and repeatable PDMS surface micromachining method using direct photolithography followed by reactive ion etching (RIE). Our method to achieve surface patterning of PDMS applied an O(2) plasma treatment to PDMS to activate its surface to overcome the challenge of poor photoresist adhesion on PDMS for photolithography. Our photolithographic PDMS surface micromachining technique is compatible with conventional soft lithography techniques and other silicon-based surface and bulk micromachining methods. To illustrate the general application of our method, we demonstrated fabrication of large microfiltration membranes and free-standing beam structures in PDMS.
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- Weiqiang Chen
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
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- Matthew S. Luchansky
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
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Mertens J, Daudén MI, Carrascosa JL, Tamayo J. Stepwise motion of a microcantilever driven by the hydrolysis of viral ATPases. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2012; 23:015501. [PMID: 22156040 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/1/015501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The biomolecular machines involved in DNA packaging by viruses generate one of the highest mechanical powers observed in nature. One component of the DNA packaging machinery, called the terminase, has been proposed as the molecular motor that converts chemical energy from ATP hydrolysis into mechanical movement of DNA during bacteriophage morphogenesis. However, the conformational changes involved in this energy conversion have never been observed. Here we report a real-time measurement of ATP-induced conformational changes in the terminase of bacteriophage T7 (gp19). The recording of the cantilever bending during its functionalization shows the existence of a gp19 monolayer arrangement confirmed by atomic force microscopy of the immobilized proteins. The ATP hydrolysis of the gp19 terminase generates a stepped motion of the cantilever and points to a mechanical cooperative effect among gp19 oligomers. Furthermore, the effect of ATP can be counteracted by non-hydrolyzable nucleotide analogs.
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- Johann Mertens
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (IMM-CNM), CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
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Göllner M, Glasbrenner G, Nickel B. An Electrochemical Transducer Based on a Pentacene Double-Gate Thin-Film Transistor. ELECTROANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201100489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Binding kinetics of grouper nervous necrosis viruses with functionalized antimicrobial peptides by nanomechanical detection. Biosens Bioelectron 2012; 31:116-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2011] [Revised: 10/01/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Li L, Niu S, Qu Y, Zhang Q, Li H, Li Y, Zhao W, Shi J. One-pot synthesis of uniform mesoporous rhodium oxide/alumina hybrid as high sensitivity and low power consumption methane catalytic combustion micro-sensor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm15870a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Novo P, Prazeres DMF, Chu V, Conde JP. Microspot-based ELISA in microfluidics: chemiluminescence and colorimetry detection using integrated thin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon photodiodes. LAB ON A CHIP 2011; 11:4063-71. [PMID: 22012414 DOI: 10.1039/c1lc20362b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Microfluidic technology has the potential to decrease the time of analysis and the quantity of sample and reactants required in immunoassays, together with the potential of achieving high sensitivity, multiplexing, and portability. A lab-on-a-chip system was developed and optimized using optical and fluorescence microscopy. Primary antibodies are adsorbed onto the walls of a PDMS-based microchannel via microspotting. This probe antibody is then recognised using secondary FITC or HRP labelled antibodies responsible for providing fluorescence or chemiluminescent and colorimetric signals, respectively. The system incorporated a micron-sized thin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon photodiode microfabricated on a glass substrate. The primary antibody spots in the PDMS-based microfluidic were precisely aligned with the photodiodes for the direct detection of the antibody-antigen molecular recognition reactions using chemiluminescence and colorimetry. The immunoassay takes ~30 min from assay to the integrated detection. The conditions for probe antibody microspotting and for the flow-through ELISA analysis in the microfluidic format with integrated detection were defined using antibody solutions with concentrations in the nM-μM range. Sequential colorimetric or chemiluminescence detection of specific antibody-antigen molecular recognition was quantitatively detected using the photodiode. Primary antibody surface densities down to 0.182 pmol cm(-2) were detected. Multiplex detection using different microspotted primary antibodies was demonstrated.
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- Pedro Novo
- INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias and IN-Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Lisbon, Portugal
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Low-concentration mechanical biosensor based on a photonic crystal nanowire array. Nat Commun 2011; 2:578. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Sioss JA, Bhiladvala RB, Pan W, Li M, Patrick S, Xin P, Dean SL, Keating CD, Mayer TS, Clawson GA. Nanoresonator chip-based RNA sensor strategy for detection of circulating tumor cells: response using PCA3 as a prostate cancer marker. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2011; 8:1017-25. [PMID: 22115599 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Revised: 09/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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There is widespread interest in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in blood. Direct detection of CTCs (often < 1/mL) is complicated by a number of factors, but the presence of ∼10(3) to 10(4) copies of target RNA per CTC, coupled with simple enrichments, can greatly increase detection capability. In this study we used resonance frequency shifts induced by mass-amplifying gold nanoparticles to detect a hybridization sandwich bound to functionalized nanowires. We selected PCA3 RNA as a marker for prostate cancer, optimized antisense binding sites, and defined conditions allowing single nucleotide mismatch discrimination, and used a hybrid resonator integration scheme, which combines elements of top-down fabrication with strengths of bottom-up fabrication, with a view to enable multiplexed sensing. Bound mass calculated from frequency shifts matched mass estimated by counting gold nanoparticles. This represents the first demonstration of use of such nanoresonators, which show promise of both excellent specificity and quantitative sensitivity.
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- James A Sioss
- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Villanueva LG, Karabalin RB, Matheny MH, Kenig E, Cross MC, Roukes ML. A nanoscale parametric feedback oscillator. NANO LETTERS 2011; 11:5054-9. [PMID: 22007833 DOI: 10.1021/nl2031162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We describe and demonstrate a new oscillator topology, the parametric feedback oscillator (PFO). The PFO paradigm is applicable to a wide variety of nanoscale devices and opens the possibility of new classes of oscillators employing innovative frequency-determining elements, such as nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), facilitating integration with circuitry and system-size reduction. We show that the PFO topology can also improve nanoscale oscillator performance by circumventing detrimental effects that are otherwise imposed by the strong device nonlinearity in this size regime.
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- L Guillermo Villanueva
- Kavli Nanoscience Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Della Ventura B, Schiavo L, Altucci C, Esposito R, Velotta R. Light assisted antibody immobilization for bio-sensing. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2011; 2:3223-3231. [PMID: 22076280 PMCID: PMC3207388 DOI: 10.1364/boe.2.003223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Revised: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Ultrashort UV pulses at 258 nm with repetition rate of 10 kHz have been used to irradiate buffer solution of antibody. The tryptophan residues strongly absorb this radiation thus becoming capable to disrupt the disulfide bridges located next to them. Due to their high reactivity the opened bridges can anchor a gold plate more efficiently than other sites of the macromolecule giving rise to preferential orientations of the variable part of the antibody. UV irradiation has been applied to anchor antiIgG antibody to the electrode of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) that lends itself as a sensor, the antibody acting as the bio-receptor. An increase of the QCM sensitivity and of the linear range has been measured when the antibody is irradiated with UV laser pulses. The photo-induced reactions leading to disulfide bridge breakage have been analyzed by means of a chemical assay that confirms our explanation. The control of disulfide bridges by UV light paves the way to important applications for sensing purpose since cysteine in combination with tryptophan can act as a hook to link refractory bio-receptors to surfaces.
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- Bartolomeo Della Ventura
- CNISM and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 26, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina, Seconda Università di Napoli, Via Costantinopoli, 16, Naples, 80132, Italy
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- CNISM and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 26, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- CNISM and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 26, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- CNISM and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 26, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- CNISM and Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 26, Naples, 80126, Italy
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Melli M, Scoles G, Lazzarino M. Fast detection of biomolecules in diffusion-limited regime using micromechanical pillars. ACS NANO 2011; 5:7928-7935. [PMID: 21955070 DOI: 10.1021/nn202224g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We have developed a micromechanical sensor based on vertically oriented oscillating beams, in which contrary to what is normally done (for example with oscillating cantilevers) the sensitive area is located at the free end of the oscillator. In the micropillar geometry used here, analyte adsorption is confined only to the tip of the micropillar, thus reducing the volume from which the analyte molecules must diffuse to saturate the surface to a sphere of radius more than 2 orders of magnitude smaller than the corresponding linear distance valid for adsorption on a macroscopic surface. Hence the absorption rate is 3 orders of magnitude faster than on a typical 200 × 20 square micrometer cantilever. Pillar oscillations are detected by means of an optical lever method, but the geometry is suitable for multiplexing with compact integrated detection. We demonstrate our technology by investigating the formation of a single-strand DNA self-assembled monolayer (SAM) consisting of less than 10(6) DNA molecules and by measuring their hybridization efficiency. We show that the binding rate is 1000 times faster than on a "macroscopic" surface. We also show that the hybridization of a SAM of maximum density DNA is 40% or 4 times the value reported in the literature. These results suggest that the lower values previously reported in the literature can be attributed to incomplete saturation of the surface due to the slower adsorption rate on the "macroscopic" surfaces used.
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- Mauro Melli
- CNR-IOM, Laboratorio TASC-Area Science Park Basovizza-ss 14 km 163.5 34149 Trieste, Italy
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The high aspect ratio and bending resilience of a carbon nanotube (CNT) enables it to have remarkable responses to fluid flow. The structural deformation and vibration of a CNT under fluid flow are discussed in this paper, closely tied to their applications in mechanosensing and energy harvesting. We perform molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and a theoretical analysis based on the elastic beam theory, and find that the performance of these applications is critically defined by thermal noise at low flow speeds and flow-induced elastic instabilities at high speeds. We provide a map of operating mechanisms as defined by the properties of both nanostructures and fluid. The results and understanding obtained here could shed some light on the design of nanomechanical devices operating in fluidic environments.
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- Chao Chen
- Computational Energetics Laboratory (CEL), Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace and Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Bongrain A, Agnès C, Rousseau L, Scorsone E, Arnault JC, Ruffinatto S, Omnès F, Mailley P, Lissorgues G, Bergonzo P. High sensitivity of diamond resonant microcantilevers for direct detection in liquids as probed by molecular electrostatic surface interactions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:12226-12234. [PMID: 21805979 DOI: 10.1021/la2013649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Resonant microcantilevers have demonstrated that they can play an important role in the detection of chemical and biological agents. Molecular interactions with target species on the mechanical microtransducers surface generally induce a change of the beam's bending stiffness, resulting in a shift of the resonance frequency. In most biochemical sensor applications, cantilevers must operate in liquid, even though damping deteriorates the vibrational performances of the transducers. Here we focus on diamond-based microcantilevers since their transducing properties surpass those of other materials. In fact, among a wide range of remarkable features, diamond possesses exceptional mechanical properties enabling the fabrication of cantilever beams with higher resonant frequencies and Q-factors than when made from other conventional materials. Therefore, they appear as one of the top-ranked materials for designing cantilevers operating in liquid media. In this study, we evaluate the resonator sensitivity performances of our diamond microcantilevers using grafted carboxylated alkyl chains as a tool to investigate the subtle changes of surface stiffness as induced by electrostatic interactions. Here, caproic acid was immobilized on the hydrogen-terminated surface of resonant polycrystalline diamond cantilevers using a novel one-step grafting technique that could be also adapted to several other functionalizations. By varying the pH of the solution one could tune the -COO(-)/-COOH ratio of carboxylic acid moieties immobilized on the surface, thus enabling fine variations of the surface stress. We were able to probe the cantilevers resonance frequency evolution and correlate it with the ratio of -COO(-)/-COOH terminations on the functionalized diamond surface and consequently the evolution of the electrostatic potential over the cantilever surface. The approach successfully enabled one to probe variations in cantilevers bending stiffness from several tens to hundreds of millinewtons/meter, thus opening the way for diamond microcantilevers to direct sensing applications in liquids. The evolution of the diamond surface chemistry was also investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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Peptide receptor-based selective dinitrotoluene detection using a microcantilever sensor. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 30:249-54. [PMID: 22000759 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Revised: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We reported that peptide could be utilized as receptor molecule in the gas phase for application in micro/nano sensors by using a specific peptide that recognizes 2,4-dinitrotoluene at room temperature and in an atmospheric environment and measuring changes in the resonant frequency of the peptide immobilized microcantilevers. By using these peptides as receptors on a microcantilever sensor, we were able to experimentally detect 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) vapor at concentrations as low as parts per billion (ppb) in the gas phase. While resonant frequency changes after binding between 2,4-DNT and the specific peptide receptor that was immobilized on microcantilevers were observed, the resonant frequency of DNT nonspecific peptide immobilized microcantilever did not change when exposed to 2,4-DNT vapor. The limit of detection (LOD) was calculated to be 431 ppt of limit of detection is numerically expected by experimental based on an equation that describes the relationship between the noise-equivalent analyte concentration. These results indicate that the peptide receptors hold great promise for use in the development of an artificial olfactory system and electronic nose based on micro/nanotechnology for monitoring various chemical vapors in the gas phase such as explosive mixtures of chemicals and/or volatile organic compounds.
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Gavan KB, Rector JH, Heeck K, Chavan D, Gruca G, Oosterkamp TH, Iannuzzi D. Top-down approach to fiber-top cantilevers. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:2898-2900. [PMID: 21808351 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.002898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Taking inspiration from conventional top-down micromachining techniques, we have fabricated a low mass gold fiber-top cantilever via align-and-shine photolithography. The cantilever is characterized by measuring its resonance frequency and mechanical quality factor. Our results show that the device grants mass sensitivity comparable to that reported for similar standard cantilevers. This proof-of-concept paves the way to series production of highly sensitive fiber-top devices for remote detection of biochemical substances.
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- Khashayar Babaei Gavan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LaserLaB, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081HV, The Netherlands
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Timurdogan E, Alaca BE, Kavakli IH, Urey H. MEMS biosensor for detection of Hepatitis A and C viruses in serum. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 28:189-94. [PMID: 21803562 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 07/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Resonant microcantilever arrays are developed for the purpose of label-free and real-time analyte monitoring and biomolecule detection. MEMS cantilevers made of electroplated nickel are functionalized with Hepatitis antibodies. Hepatitis A and C antigens at different concentrations are introduced in undiluted bovine serum. All preparation and measurement steps are carried out in the liquid within a specifically designed flowcell without ever drying the cantilevers throughout the experiment. Both actuation and sensing are done remotely and therefore the MEMS cantilevers have no electrical connections, allowing for easily disposable sensor chips. Actuation is achieved using an electromagnet and the interferometric optical sensing is achieved using laser illumination and embedded diffraction gratings at the tip of each cantilever. Resonant frequency of the cantilevers in dynamic motion is monitored using a self-sustaining closed-loop control circuit and a frequency counter. Specificity is demonstrated by detecting both Hepatitis A and Hepatitis C antigens and their negative controls. This is the first report of Hepatitis antigen detection by resonant cantilevers exposed to undiluted serum. A dynamic range in excess of 1000 and with a minimum detectable concentration limit of 0.1ng/ml (1.66pM) is achieved for both Hepatitis A and C. This result is comparable to labeled detection methods such as ELISA.
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- Erman Timurdogan
- Koc University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Rumeli Feneri Yolu, 34450 Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
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Pini V, Tamayo J, Gil-Santos E, Ramos D, Kosaka P, Tong HD, van Rijn C, Calleja M. Shedding light on axial stress effect on resonance frequencies of nanocantilevers. ACS NANO 2011; 5:4269-4275. [PMID: 21553846 DOI: 10.1021/nn200623c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The detection back-action phenomenon has received little attention in physical, chemical, and biological sensors based on nanomechanical systems. We show that this effect is very significant in ultrathin bimetallic cantilevers, in which the laser beam that probes the picometer scale vibration largely modifies the resonant frequencies of the system. The light back-action effect is nonlinear, and some resonant frequencies can even be reduced to a half with laser power intensities of 2 mW. We demonstrate that this effect arises from the stress and strain generated by the laser heating. The experiments are explained by two-dimensional nonlinear elasticity theory and supported by finite element simulations. The found phenomenology is intimately connected to the old unsolved problem about the effect of surface stress on the resonance frequency of singly clamped beams. The results indicate that to achieve the ultimate detection limits with nanomechanical resonators one must consider the uncertainty due to the detection back-action.
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- Valerio Pini
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, CSIC, Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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