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Domsicova M, Korcekova J, Poturnayova A, Breier A. New Insights into Aptamers: An Alternative to Antibodies in the Detection of Molecular Biomarkers. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:6833. [PMID: 38999943 PMCID: PMC11240909 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25136833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024] Open
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Aptamers are short oligonucleotides with single-stranded regions or peptides that recently started to transform the field of diagnostics. Their unique ability to bind to specific target molecules with high affinity and specificity is at least comparable to many traditional biorecognition elements. Aptamers are synthetically produced, with a compact size that facilitates deeper tissue penetration and improved cellular targeting. Furthermore, they can be easily modified with various labels or functional groups, tailoring them for diverse applications. Even more uniquely, aptamers can be regenerated after use, making aptasensors a cost-effective and sustainable alternative compared to disposable biosensors. This review delves into the inherent properties of aptamers that make them advantageous in established diagnostic methods. Furthermore, we will examine some of the limitations of aptamers, such as the need to engage in bioinformatics procedures in order to understand the relationship between the structure of the aptamer and its binding abilities. The objective is to develop a targeted design for specific targets. We analyse the process of aptamer selection and design by exploring the current landscape of aptamer utilisation across various industries. Here, we illuminate the potential advantages and applications of aptamers in a range of diagnostic techniques, with a specific focus on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) aptasensors and their integration into the well-established ELISA method. This review serves as a comprehensive resource, summarising the latest knowledge and applications of aptamers, particularly highlighting their potential to revolutionise diagnostic approaches.
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- Michaela Domsicova
- Centre of Biosciences, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 84005 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.D.); (J.K.); (A.P.)
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- Centre of Biosciences, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 84005 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.D.); (J.K.); (A.P.)
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- Centre of Biosciences, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 84005 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.D.); (J.K.); (A.P.)
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- Centre of Biosciences, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 84005 Bratislava, Slovakia; (M.D.); (J.K.); (A.P.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 81237 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Yoshimoto M, Kurosawa S, Tanaka M. Measurement of a Bubble-Free Chemical Oscillator Using QCMs Treated with Self-Assembled Monolayers. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:3360-3367. [PMID: 38567983 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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The oscillation of a 1,4-cyclohexanedione-bromate (CHD-bromate) system was investigated by using a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) without or with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), where gold and platinum were used for QCM electrodes and SAMs were composed of HS(CH2)11CH3, HS(CH2CH2O)5H, and HS(CH2CH2O)5CH3. The CHD-bromate system is well-known as a bubble-free oscillator and oscillates without or with a catalyst. In the CHD-bromate system without a catalyst, the oscillation of a resonant frequency shift (ΔF) of the QCM was observed in the Au-electrode QCMs without a SAM or with SAMs formed from HS(CH2)11CH3 and HS(CH2CH2O)5H. On the other hand, the HS(CH2CH2O)5CH3 SAM suppressed the ΔF oscillation. The results revealed that in the CHD-bromate system without a catalyst, hydrophobic CH3 terminal and helical conformation were important to prevent nonspecific adsorption of substances on a gold surface and its dissolution. In the CHD-bromate system with a catalyst (ferroin), the ΔF oscillation was observed in the Au-electrode QCM with the HS(CH2CH2O)5CH3 SAM. The results suggest evidence that the change of the solution viscosity and density led to the ΔF oscillation. These results for Au-electrode QCMs were also corroborated by those for Pt-electrode QCMs.
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- Minoru Yoshimoto
- Department of Information Science and Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, 1-21-40 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Health and Medical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
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- Department of Life Science & Green Chemistry, Saitama Institute of Technology, 1690, Fusaiji, Fukaya, Saitama 369-0293, Japan
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Sonuç Karaboğa MN, Ünal MA, Arı F, Sezgintürk MK, Özkan SA. An innovative method for the detection of alpha synuclein, a potential biomarker of Parkinson's disease: quartz tuning fork-based mass sensitive immunosensor design. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:5106-5114. [PMID: 38259152 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04527g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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An innovative biosensing fabrication strategy has been demonstrated for the first time using a quartz tuning fork (QTF) to develop a practical immunosensor for sensitive, selective and practical analysis of alpha synuclein protein (SYN alpha), a potential biomarker of Parkinson's disease. Functionalization of gold-coated QTFs was carried out in 2 steps by forming a self-assembled monolayer with 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP) and conjugation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The selective determination range for SYN alpha of the developed biosensor system is 1-500 ng mL-1 in accordance with the resonance frequency shifts associated with a limit of detection of 0.098 ng mL-1. The changes in surface morphology and elemental composition were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The remarkable point of the study is that this QTF based mass sensitive biosensor system can capture the SYN alpha target protein in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples with recoveries ranging from 92% to 104%.
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- Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering, Bioengineering Department, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey.
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Hossein F, Angeli P. A review of acoustofluidic separation of bioparticles. Biophys Rev 2023; 15:2005-2025. [PMID: 38192342 PMCID: PMC10771489 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-023-01112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024] Open
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Acoustofluidics is an emerging interdisciplinary research field that involves the integration of acoustics and microfluidics to address challenges in various scientific areas. This technology has proven to be a powerful tool for separating biological targets from complex fluids due to its label-free, biocompatible, and contact-free nature. Considering a careful designing process and tuning the acoustic field particles can be separated with high yield. Recently the advancement of acoustofluidics led to the development of point-of-care devices for separations of micro particles which address many of the limitations of conventional separation tools. This review article discusses the working principles and different approaches of acoustofluidic separation and provides a synopsis of its traditional and emerging applications, including the theory and mechanism of acoustofluidic separation, blood component separation, cell washing, fluorescence-activated cell sorting, circulating tumor cell isolation, and exosome isolation. The technology offers great potential for solving clinical problems and advancing scientific research.
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- Fria Hossein
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, WC1E 7JE, London, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, WC1E 7JE, London, UK
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John T, Piantavigna S, Dealey TJA, Abel B, Risselada HJ, Martin LL. Lipid oxidation controls peptide self-assembly near membranes through a surface attraction mechanism. Chem Sci 2023; 14:3730-3741. [PMID: 37035708 PMCID: PMC10074436 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00159h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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The self-assembly of peptides into supramolecular structures has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases but has also been observed in functional roles. Peptides are physiologically exposed to crowded environments of biomacromolecules, and particularly cellular membrane lipids. Previous research has shown that membranes can both accelerate and inhibit peptide self-assembly. Here, we studied the impact of membrane models that mimic cellular oxidative stress and compared this to mammalian and bacterial membranes. Using molecular dynamics simulations and experiments, we propose a model that explains how changes in peptide-membrane binding, electrostatics, and peptide secondary structure stabilization determine the nature of peptide self-assembly. We explored the influence of zwitterionic (POPC), anionic (POPG) and oxidized (PazePC) phospholipids, as well as cholesterol, and mixtures thereof, on the self-assembly kinetics of the amyloid β (1-40) peptide (Aβ40), linked to Alzheimer's disease, and the amyloid-forming antimicrobial peptide uperin 3.5 (U3.5). We show that the presence of an oxidized lipid had similar effects on peptide self-assembly as the bacterial mimetic membrane. While Aβ40 fibril formation was accelerated, U3.5 aggregation was inhibited by the same lipids at the same peptide-to-lipid ratio. We attribute these findings and peptide-specific effects to differences in peptide-membrane adsorption with U3.5 being more strongly bound to the membrane surface and stabilized in an α-helical conformation compared to Aβ40. Different peptide-to-lipid ratios resulted in different effects. We found that electrostatic interactions are a primary driving force for peptide-membrane interaction, enabling us to propose a model for predicting how cellular changes might impact peptide self-assembly in vivo.
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- Torsten John
- School of Chemistry, Monash University Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) Permoserstraße 15 04318 Leipzig Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Leipzig University Linnéstraße 3 04103 Leipzig Germany
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) Permoserstraße 15 04318 Leipzig Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Leipzig University Linnéstraße 3 04103 Leipzig Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) Permoserstraße 15 04318 Leipzig Germany
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 37077 Göttingen Germany
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Yin C, Jiang X, Mann S, Tian L, Drinkwater BW. Acoustic Trapping: An Emerging Tool for Microfabrication Technology. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2207917. [PMID: 36942987 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The high throughput deposition of microscale objects with precise spatial arrangement represents a key step in microfabrication technology. This can be done by creating physical boundaries to guide the deposition process or using printing technologies; in both approaches, these microscale objects cannot be further modified after they are formed. The utilization of dynamic acoustic fields offers a novel approach to facilitate real-time reconfigurable miniaturized systems in a contactless manner, which can potentially be used in physics, chemistry, biology, as well as materials science. Here, the physical interactions of microscale objects in an acoustic pressure field are discussed and how to fabricate different acoustic trapping devices and how to tune the spatial arrangement of the microscale objects are explained. Moreover, different approaches that can dynamically modulate microscale objects in acoustic fields are presented, and the potential applications of the microarrays in biomedical engineering, chemical/biochemical sensing, and materials science are highlighted alongside a discussion of future research challenges.
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- Chengying Yin
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardio-Cerebral Vascular Detection Technology and Medicinal Effectiveness Appraisal, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardio-Cerebral Vascular Detection Technology and Medicinal Effectiveness Appraisal, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Centre for Protolife Research and Centre for Organized Matter Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
- Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardio-Cerebral Vascular Detection Technology and Medicinal Effectiveness Appraisal, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University, 66 Dongxin Road, Hangzhou, 310053, China
- Department of Ultrasound, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China
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- Faculty of Engineering, Queen's Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK
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Sudare T, Ueda M, Yamaguchi T, Tipplook M, Tanaka H, Hayashi F, Teshima K. Layer-Stacking Sequence Governs Ion-Storage in Layered Double Hydroxides. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:584-591. [PMID: 36633441 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In layered materials, the layer-stacking sequence allows the tuning of ion transport and storage properties by modulating the host-ion interactions. However, unlike in the case of cations, the relationship between the stacking sequence and anion transport and storage properties is less clearly understood. Herein, we demonstrate that the stacking sequence governs the nitrate-storage properties of layered double hydroxides (LDHs); the 2H1 polytype enhances the nitrate-storage capacity to 400% of that of the 3R1 polytype. A quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring combined with multimodal ex situ experiments indicated that the high ion-storage capacity of the 2H1 polytype originates from the soft nature of LDHs lattices, which facilitates nitrate with minimal lattice changes. In contrast, the rigid lattice of the 3R1 sequence requires a notably large lattice expansion, which is detrimental to ion storage. Our findings can aid the rational design of anion-host interaction-derived functionalities.
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- Tomohito Sudare
- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
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Hu S, Liu L, Li H, Pahovnik D, Hadjichristidis N, Zhou X, Zhao J. Tuning the Properties of Ester-Based Degradable Polymers by Inserting Epoxides into Poly(ϵ-caprolactone). Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202201097. [PMID: 36424185 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A series of ester-ether copolymers were obtained via the reaction between α,ω-dihydroxyl poly(ϵ-caprolactone) (PCL) and ethylene oxide (EO) or monosubstituted epoxides catalyzed by strong phosphazene bases. The two types of monomeric units were distributed in highly random manners due to the concurrence of epoxide ring-opening and fast transesterification reactions. The substituent of epoxide showed an interesting bidirectional effect on the enzymatic degradability of the copolymer. Compared with PCL, copolymers derived from EO exhibited enhanced hydrophilicity and decreased crystallinity which then resulted in higher degradability. For the copolymers derived from propylene oxide and 1,2-butylene oxide, the hydrophobic alkyl pendant groups also allowed lower crystallinity of the copolymers thus higher degradation rates. However, further enlarging the pendant groups by using styrene oxide or 2-ethylhexyl glycidyl ether caused a decrease in the degradation rate, which might be ascribed to the higher bulkiness hindering the contact of ester groups with lipase.
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- Shuangyan Hu
- Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, 518060, Shenzhen, P. R. China.,Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, P. R. China.,College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518060, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Polymer Synthesis Laboratory, Catalysis Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 23955, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518060, Shenzhen, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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Yoshimine H, Sasaki K, Furusawa H. Pocketable Biosensor Based on Quartz-Crystal Microbalance and Its Application to DNA Detection. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 23:281. [PMID: 36616883 PMCID: PMC9824590 DOI: 10.3390/s23010281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Quartz-crystal microbalance (QCM) is a technique that can measure nanogram-order masses. When a receptor is immobilized on the sensor surface of a QCM device, the device can detect chemical molecules captured by the mass change. Although QCM devices have been applied to biosensors that detect biomolecules without labels for biomolecular interaction analysis, most highly sensitive QCM devices are benchtop devices. We considered the fabrication of an IC card-sized QCM device that is both portable and battery-powered. Its miniaturization was achieved by repurposing electronic components and film batteries from smartphones and wearable devices. To demonstrate the applicability of the card-sized QCM device as a biosensor, DNA-detection experiments were performed. The card-sized QCM device could detect specific 10-mer DNA chains while discerning single-base differences with a sensitivity similar to that of a conventional benchtop device. The card-sized QCM device can be used in laboratories and in various other fields as a mass sensor.
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- Hiroshi Yoshimine
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
- Institute for the Promotion of General Graduate Education (IPGE), Yamagata University, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
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Sudare T, Yamaguchi T, Ueda M, Shiiba H, Tanaka H, Tipplook M, Hayashi F, Teshima K. Critical role of water structure around interlayer ions for ion storage in layered double hydroxides. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6448. [PMID: 36307449 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34124-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Water-containing layered materials have found various applications such as water purification and energy storage. The highly structured water molecules around ions under the confinement between the layers determine the ion storage ability. Yet, the relationship between the configuration of interlayer ions and water structure in high ion storage layered materials is elusive. Herein, using layered double hydroxides, we demonstrate that the water structure is sensitive to the filling density of ions in the interlayer space and governs the ion storage. For ion storage of dilute nitrate ions, a 24% decrease in the filling density increases the nitrate storage capacity by 300%. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring studies, combined with multimodal ex situ experiments and theoretical calculations, reveal that the decreasing filling density effectively facilitates the 2D hydrogen-bond networking structure in water around interlayer nitrate ions along with minimal change in the layered structure, leading to the high storage capacity.
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- Tomohito Sudare
- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan
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- Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan. .,Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8553, Japan.
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Horst RJ, Katzourakis A, Mei BT, de Beer S. Design and validation of a low-cost open-source impedance based quartz crystal microbalance for electrochemical research. HARDWAREX 2022; 12:e00374. [PMID: 36406795 PMCID: PMC9672453 DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurement technique is utilized in a broad variety of scientific fields and applications, where surface and interfacial processes are relevant. However, the costs of purchasing QCMs is typically high, which has limited its employment in education as well as by scientists in developing countries. In this article, we present an open-source QCM, built on the OpenQCM project, and using an impedance-based measurement technique (QCM-I), which can be built for <200 euro. Our QCM allows for simultaneous monitoring of the frequency change and dissipation, such that both soft and rigid materials can be characterized. In addition, our QCM measurements can be combined with simultaneous electrochemical measurement techniques (EQCM-I). We demonstrate the validity of our system by characterizing the electrodeposition of a rigid metallic film (Cu) and by the electropolymerization of aniline. Finally, we discuss potential improvements to our system.
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- Rens J. Horst
- Sustainable Polymer Chemistry Group, Department of Molecules & Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
- Photocatalytic Synthesis Group, Department of Molecules & Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Photocatalytic Synthesis Group, Department of Molecules & Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Sustainable Polymer Chemistry Group, Department of Molecules & Materials, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Polat EO, Cetin MM, Tabak AF, Bilget Güven E, Uysal BÖ, Arsan T, Kabbani A, Hamed H, Gül SB. Transducer Technologies for Biosensors and Their Wearable Applications. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12060385. [PMID: 35735533 PMCID: PMC9221076 DOI: 10.3390/bios12060385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The development of new biosensor technologies and their active use as wearable devices have offered mobility and flexibility to conventional western medicine and personal fitness tracking. In the development of biosensors, transducers stand out as the main elements converting the signals sourced from a biological event into a detectable output. Combined with the suitable bio-receptors and the miniaturization of readout electronics, the functionality and design of the transducers play a key role in the construction of wearable devices for personal health control. Ever-growing research and industrial interest in new transducer technologies for point-of-care (POC) and wearable bio-detection have gained tremendous acceleration by the pandemic-induced digital health transformation. In this article, we provide a comprehensive review of transducers for biosensors and their wearable applications that empower users for the active tracking of biomarkers and personal health parameters.
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Yoshimoto M, Kurosawa S, Tanaka M. Temperature Dependence of the Rheology of Soft Matter on a MHz-oscillating Solid-liquid Interface. J Oleo Sci 2022; 71:905-913. [PMID: 35584960 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess22049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The temperature dependence of the resonant length, molecular weight, and rheology (shear viscosity and shear modulus) of chemisorbed soft matter on a solid-liquid interface oscillating at a megahertz frequency was studied using a quartz crystal microbalance. As a form of chemisorbed soft matter, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed from six types of mercapto oligo(ethylene oxide) methyl ethers were used. A systematic analysis using the Voigt model showed that the variation in effective hydrated thickness (sensed mass), which is related to the resonant length, was classified into three types based on the molecular weight. As a result, a 2.2-nm change in the resonant length occurred in the studied temperature range from 10 to 35℃. Moreover, the variation in the effective hydrated thickness was dependent on the shear viscosity and shear modulus of the SAMs. A further investigation revealed that the relationships η1∝Mn0.13 and μ1∝Mn0.30 could be estimated regardless of the temperature, where η1 and μ1 are the shear viscosity and shear modulus of the SAM, and Mn is the molecular weight of mercapto oligo(ethylene oxide) methyl ether. As a result, we revealed that the experimental results followed the polymer formula irrespective of temperature.
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- Minoru Yoshimoto
- Department of Information Science and Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- Department of Life Science & Green Chemistry, Saitama Institute of Technology
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Ge C, Cretu E. Simple and Robust Microfabrication of Polymeric Piezoelectric Resonating MEMS Mass Sensors. SENSORS 2022; 22:s22082994. [PMID: 35458979 PMCID: PMC9029203 DOI: 10.3390/s22082994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Resonating MEMS mass sensors are microdevices with broad applications in fields such as bioscience and biochemistry. Their advantageous surface-to-volume ratio makes their resonant frequency highly sensitive to variations in their mass induced by surface depositions. Recent global challenges, such as water quality monitoring or pandemic containment, have increased the need for low-cost (even disposable), rapidly fabricated microdevices as suitable detectors. Resonant MEMS mass sensors are among the best candidates. This paper introduces a simple and robust fabrication of polymeric piezoelectric resonating MEMS mass sensors. The microfabrication technology replaces the traditional layer-by-layer micromachining techniques with laser micromachining to gain extra simplicity. Membrane-based resonant sensors have been fabricated to test the technology. Their characterization results have proven that the technology is robust with good reproducibility (around 2% batch level variations in the resonant frequency). Initial tests for the MEMS mass sensors’ sensitivity have indicated a sensitivity of 340 Hz/ng. The concept could be a starting point for developing low-cost MEMS sensing solutions for pandemic control, health examination, and pollution monitoring.
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Hu J, Yesilbas G, Li Y, Geng X, Li P, Chen J, Wu X, Knoll A, Ren TL. Exploration of the Mass Sensitivity of Quartz Crystal Microbalance under Overtone Modes Using Electrodeposition Method. Anal Chem 2022; 94:5760-5768. [PMID: 35377148 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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With the in-depth application of quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors in the fields of science and engineering, there is an urgent need for QCM sensors with high mass sensitivity. The mass sensitivity of a QCM is closely related to its resonance frequency, and the high resonance frequency leads to improve its mass sensitivity. However, the resonance frequency of a QCM resonator cannot be increased all the time due to the fragility of quartz wafer and the limits of energy trapping effect. Few studies are associated with mass sensitivity of a QCM resonator under overtone modes. Herein, we propose to make a QCM resonator work in its n-th overtone (n = 3, 5, 7, 9 in this study) mode to increase its resonance frequency during operating. Thereby, the purpose of improving QCM mass sensitivity is achieved, and the mass sensitivity of a QCM working in the n-th overtone mode can be called as n-th overtone mass sensitivity. Then, the n-th overtone mass sensitivity of a QCM sensor is measured by an electrodeposition method. The experimental results show that the n-th overtone mass sensitivity of a QCM is a bit more than n times that of the fundamental mass sensitivity, and it is consistent with the theoretical calculation results. The application of overtone mass sensitivity will greatly improve the sensitivity of QCM sensors, which is very attractive for the research fields that require QCM sensors with high sensitivity.
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- Jianguo Hu
- School of Integrated Circuits & Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Institut für Informatik VI, Technische Universität München, München 85748, Germany
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- Institut für Informatik VI, Technische Universität München, München 85748, Germany
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- School of Integrated Circuits & Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Integrated Circuits & Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Integrated Circuits & Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Integrated Circuits & Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Integrated Circuits & Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institut für Informatik VI, Technische Universität München, München 85748, Germany
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- School of Integrated Circuits & Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Huang X, Gong Z, Lv Y. Advances in Metal-Organic Frameworks-based Gas Sensors for Hazardous Substances. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A review on corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19): current progress, clinical features and bioanalytical diagnostic methods. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:103. [PMID: 35157153 PMCID: PMC8852957 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05167-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A new epidemic of acute respiratory viral pneumonia was discovered in central China at the end of 2019. The disease was given the name coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the virus that caused this disease was known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). So far, diagnostic methods have been focused on (a) human antibody detection, (b) viral antigen detection and (c) viral gene detection, the latter using RT-PCR being the most accurate approach. In this paper, we present a summary of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical features and epidemiology and pathogenesis. Also, we focus on the recent advances in bioanalytical diagnostic methods based on various techniques for SARS-CoV-2 sensing that have recently been published (2020–2021). Furthermore, we present the mechanisms, advantages and disadvantages of the most common biosensors for COVID-19 detection, which include optical, electrochemical and piezoelectric biosensors as well as wearable and smart nanobiosensors, immunosensors, aptasensors and genosensors.
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Xu H, Tae H, Cho NJ, Huang C, Hsia KJ. Thermodynamic Modeling of Solvent-Assisted Lipid Bilayer Formation Process. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:mi13010134. [PMID: 35056299 PMCID: PMC8777629 DOI: 10.3390/mi13010134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The solvent-assisted lipid bilayer (SALB) formation method provides a simple and efficient, microfluidic-based strategy to fabricate supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) with rich compositional diversity on a wide range of solid supports. While various studies have been performed to characterize SLBs formed using the SALB method, relatively limited work has been carried out to understand the underlying mechanisms of SALB formation under various experimental conditions. Through thermodynamic modeling, we studied the experimental parameters that affect the SALB formation process, including substrate surface properties, initial lipid concentration, and temperature. It was found that all the parameters are critically important to successfully form high-quality SLBs. The model also helps to identify the range of parameter space within which conformal, homogeneous SLBs can be fabricated, and provides mechanistic guidance to optimize experimental conditions for lipid membrane-related applications.
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- Hongmei Xu
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore;
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore;
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore;
- Correspondence: (N.-J.C.); (C.H.); (K.J.H.)
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore;
- Correspondence: (N.-J.C.); (C.H.); (K.J.H.)
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore;
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
- Correspondence: (N.-J.C.); (C.H.); (K.J.H.)
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Detection of Oenological Polyphenols via QCM-D Measurements. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12010166. [PMID: 35010116 PMCID: PMC8746829 DOI: 10.3390/nano12010166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Polyphenols are a family of compounds present in grapes, musts, and wines. Their dosage is associated with the grape ripening, correct must fermentation, and final wine properties. Owing to their anti-inflammatory properties, they are also relevant for health applications. To date, such compounds are detected mainly via standard chemical analysis, which is costly for constant monitoring and requires a specialized laboratory. Cheap and portable sensors would be desirable to reduce costs and speed up measurements. This paper illustrates the development of strategies for sensor surface chemical functionalization for polyphenol detection. We perform measurements by using a commercial quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring apparatus. Chemical functionalizations are based on proteins (bovine serum albumin and gelatin type A) or customized peptides derived from istatine-5 and murine salivary protein-5. Commercial oenological additives containing pure gallic tannins or proanthocyanidins, dissolved in water or commercial wine, are used for the analysis. Results indicate that selected functionalizations enable the detection of the two different tannin families, suggesting a relationship between the recorded signal and concentration. Gelatin A also demonstrates the ability to discriminate gallic tannins from proanthocyanidins. Outcomes are promising and pave the way for the exploitation of such devices for precision oenology.
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Nair MP, Teo AJT, Li KHH. Acoustic Biosensors and Microfluidic Devices in the Decennium: Principles and Applications. MICROMACHINES 2021; 13:24. [PMID: 35056189 PMCID: PMC8779171 DOI: 10.3390/mi13010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology has gained primary attention in the past decade, where label-free biosensors and microfluidic actuation platforms are integrated to realize such LOC devices. Among the multitude of technologies that enables the successful integration of these two features, the piezoelectric acoustic wave method is best suited for handling biological samples due to biocompatibility, label-free and non-invasive properties. In this review paper, we present a study on the use of acoustic waves generated by piezoelectric materials in the area of label-free biosensors and microfluidic actuation towards the realization of LOC and POC devices. The categorization of acoustic wave technology into the bulk acoustic wave and surface acoustic wave has been considered with the inclusion of biological sample sensing and manipulation applications. This paper presents an approach with a comprehensive study on the fundamental operating principles of acoustic waves in biosensing and microfluidic actuation, acoustic wave modes suitable for sensing and actuation, piezoelectric materials used for acoustic wave generation, fabrication methods, and challenges in the use of acoustic wave modes in biosensing. Recent developments in the past decade, in various sensing potentialities of acoustic waves in a myriad of applications, including sensing of proteins, disease biomarkers, DNA, pathogenic microorganisms, acoustofluidic manipulation, and the sorting of biological samples such as cells, have been given primary focus. An insight into the future perspectives of real-time, label-free, and portable LOC devices utilizing acoustic waves is also presented. The developments in the field of thin-film piezoelectric materials, with the possibility of integrating sensing and actuation on a single platform utilizing the reversible property of smart piezoelectric materials, provide a step forward in the realization of monolithic integrated LOC and POC devices. Finally, the present paper highlights the key benefits and challenges in terms of commercialization, in the field of acoustic wave-based biosensors and actuation platforms.
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore; (M.P.N.); (A.J.T.T.)
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Hydrodynamic alignment and self-assembly of cationic lignin polymers made of architecturally altered monomers. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bally M, Block S, Höök F, Larson G, Parveen N, Rydell GE. Physicochemical tools for studying virus interactions with targeted cell membranes in a molecular and spatiotemporally resolved context. Anal Bioanal Chem 2021; 413:7157-7178. [PMID: 34490501 PMCID: PMC8421089 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03510-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The objective of this critical review is to provide an overview of how emerging bioanalytical techniques are expanding our understanding of the complex physicochemical nature of virus interactions with host cell surfaces. Herein, selected model viruses representing both non-enveloped (simian virus 40 and human norovirus) and enveloped (influenza A virus, human herpes simplex virus, and human immunodeficiency virus type 1) viruses are highlighted. The technologies covered utilize a wide range of cell membrane mimics, from supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) containing a single purified host membrane component to SLBs derived from the plasma membrane of a target cell, which can be compared with live-cell experiments to better understand the role of individual interaction pairs in virus attachment and entry. These platforms are used to quantify binding strengths, residence times, diffusion characteristics, and binding kinetics down to the single virus particle and single receptor, and even to provide assessments of multivalent interactions. The technologies covered herein are surface plasmon resonance (SPR), quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D), dynamic force spectroscopy (DFS), total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy combined with equilibrium fluctuation analysis (EFA) and single particle tracking (SPT), and finally confocal microscopy using multi-labeling techniques to visualize entry of individual virus particles in live cells. Considering the growing scientific and societal needs for untangling, and interfering with, the complex mechanisms of virus binding and entry, we hope that this review will stimulate the community to implement these emerging tools and strategies in conjunction with more traditional methods. The gained knowledge will not only contribute to a better understanding of the virus biology, but may also facilitate the design of effective inhibitors to block virus entry.
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- Marta Bally
- Department of Clinical Microbiology & Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Bruna Stråket 16, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, 413 46, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Effect of amount of hydrated water and mobility of hydrated poly(
2‐methoxyethyl
acrylate) on denaturation of adsorbed fibrinogen. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Roeven E, Scheres L, Smulders MM, Zuilhof H. Zwitterionic dendrimer – Polymer hybrid copolymers for self-assembling antifouling coatings. Eur Polym J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Soysaldı F, Soylu MÇ. The Effect of (3‐Mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPS) Coating on the Genetic Detection Performance of Quartz Crystal Microbalance‐Dissipation (QCM‐D) Biosensor: Novel Intact Double‐Layered Surface Modification on QCM‐D. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202100739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Furkan Soysaldı
- Department of Electronic and Automation Vocational School Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University Nevsehir 50300 Turkey
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- Biological & Medical Diagnostic (BioMeD) Sensors Laboratory Department of Biomedical Engineering Erciyes University Kayseri 38030 Turkey
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O'Connell L, Marcoux PR, Roupioz Y. Strategies for Surface Immobilization of Whole Bacteriophages: A Review. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 7:1987-2014. [PMID: 34038088 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bacteriophage immobilization is a key unit operation in emerging biotechnologies, enabling new possibilities for biodetection of pathogenic microbes at low concentration, production of materials with novel antimicrobial properties, and fundamental research on bacteriophages themselves. Wild type bacteriophages exhibit extreme binding specificity for a single species, and often for a particular subspecies, of bacteria. Since their specificity originates in epitope recognition by capsid proteins, which can be altered by chemical or genetic modification, their binding specificity may also be redirected toward arbitrary substrates and/or a variety of analytes in addition to bacteria. The immobilization of bacteriophages on planar and particulate substrates is thus an area of active and increasing scientific interest. This review assembles the knowledge gained so far in the immobilization of whole phage particles, summarizing the main chemistries, and presenting the current state-of-the-art both for an audience well-versed in bioconjugation methods as well as for those who are new to the field.
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- Larry O'Connell
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, F38054 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Prakash NJ, Mane PP, George SM, Kandasubramanian B. Silk Fibroin As an Immobilization Matrix for Sensing Applications. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 7:2015-2042. [PMID: 33861079 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The development of flexible, biocompatible, and environment-friendly sensors has attracted a significant amount of scientific interest for the past few decades. Among all the natural materials, silk fibroin (SF), due to its tunable biodegradability, biocompatibility, ease of processing, presence of functional groups, and controllable dimensions, has opened up opportunities for immobilizing multitudinous biomolecules and conformability to the skin, among other attractive opportunities. The silk fibroins also offer good physical properties, such as superior toughness and tensile strength. The sensors made of SF as an immobilization matrix have demonstrated excellent analytical performance, sensing even at low concentrations. The significant advantage of silk fibroins is the presence of functional groups along with a controllable conformation transition that enables immobilization of receptor molecules using silk fibroins as an immobilization matrix enables us to entrap the receptor molecules without using any chemical reagents. This review encompasses a detailed discussion on sensors, the advantages of using silk fibroins as an immobilization matrix for various receptors, their applications, and the future research scope in this state-of-the-art technology based upon the explorable applications for silk fibroin-based sensors.
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- Niranjana Jaya Prakash
- Nano Texturing Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune-411025, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Fibers and Textiles Processing Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai-400019, India
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- Nano Texturing Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune-411025, Maharashtra, India
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- Nano Texturing Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune-411025, Maharashtra, India
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Deusenbery C, Wang Y, Shukla A. Recent Innovations in Bacterial Infection Detection and Treatment. ACS Infect Dis 2021; 7:695-720. [PMID: 33733747 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bacterial infections are a major threat to human health, exacerbated by increasing antibiotic resistance. These infections can result in tremendous morbidity and mortality, emphasizing the need to identify and treat pathogenic bacteria quickly and effectively. Recent developments in detection methods have focused on electrochemical, optical, and mass-based biosensors. Advances in these systems include implementing multifunctional materials, microfluidic sampling, and portable data-processing to improve sensitivity, specificity, and ease of operation. Concurrently, advances in antibacterial treatment have largely focused on targeted and responsive delivery for both antibiotics and antibiotic alternatives. Antibiotic alternatives described here include repurposed drugs, antimicrobial peptides and polymers, nucleic acids, small molecules, living systems, and bacteriophages. Finally, closed-loop therapies are combining advances in the fields of both detection and treatment. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the current trends in detection and treatment systems for bacterial infections.
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- Carly Deusenbery
- School of Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- School of Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Zhang J, Zhang X, Wei X, Xue Y, Wan H, Wang P. Recent advances in acoustic wave biosensors for the detection of disease-related biomarkers: A review. Anal Chim Acta 2021; 1164:338321. [PMID: 33992219 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.338321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In the past several decades, acoustic wave biosensors, as an emerging kind of biosensors, have been developed and widely used for the detection of mass, viscosity, conductivity and density. Varieties of applications have been explored such as medical diagnosis, drug screening, environmental monitoring, food analysis and biochemical assay. Among them, the detection of disease-related biomarkers based on acoustic sensors has aroused great research interest all over the world. In this review, the classification and characteristics of acoustic wave biosensors are briefly introduced. Then, some classical studies and recent advances in disease-related biomarker detection utilizing these biosensors are summarized and detailed, respectively. Here, the disease-related biomarkers mainly include antigens, small molecular proteins, cancer cells, viruses and VOCs. Finally, challenges and future trends of these typical acoustic wave biosensors are discussed. Compared with other reviews of acoustic wave sensors, this review highlights the great potential of typical acoustic wave biosensors for early disease screening and diagnosis compared with widely-used medical imaging. Moreover, they are integrated with other technologies for the design of multi-analyte, multi-parameter and intelligent devices, collecting more comprehensive information from biomarkers. This review provides a new perspective on the applications and optimization of acoustic wave biosensors to develop more reliable platforms for disease-related biomarker detection and disease diagnosis.
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- Junyu Zhang
- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China; State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China; State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Biosensor National Special Laboratory, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China; State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China.
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Vishwakarma A, Lal R, Ramya M. Aptamer-based approaches for the detection of waterborne pathogens. Int Microbiol 2021; 24:125-140. [PMID: 33404933 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-020-00154-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Waterborne ailments pose a serious threat to public health and are a huge economic burden. Lack of hygiene in drinking and recreational water is the chief source of microbial pathogens in developing countries. Poor water quality and sanitation account for more than 3.4 million deaths a year worldwide. This has urged authorities and researchers to explore different avenues of pathogen detection. There is a growing demand for rapid and reliable sensor technologies, in particular those that can detect in situ and perform in harsh conditions. Some of the major waterborne pathogens include Vibrio cholerae, Leptospira interrogans, Campylobacter jejuni, Shigella spp., enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Clostridium difficile, Cryptosporidium parvum, Entamoeba histolytica, and Hepatitis A virus. While conventional methods of pathogen detection like serodiagnosis and microbiological methods have been superseded by nucleic acid amplification methods, there is still potential for improvement. This review provides an insight into aptamers and their utility in the form of aptasensors. It discusses how aptamer-based approaches have emerged as a novel strategy and its advantages over more resource-intensive and complex biochemical approaches.
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- Archana Vishwakarma
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur 603203, Kanchipuram, Chennai, TN, India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur 603203, Kanchipuram, Chennai, TN, India
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur 603203, Kanchipuram, Chennai, TN, India.
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Arshavsky Graham S, Boyko E, Salama R, Segal E. Mass Transfer Limitations of Porous Silicon-Based Biosensors for Protein Detection. ACS Sens 2020; 5:3058-3069. [PMID: 32896130 PMCID: PMC7589614 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Porous
silicon (PSi) thin films have been widely studied for biosensing
applications, enabling label-free optical detection of numerous targets.
The large surface area of these biosensors has been commonly recognized
as one of the main advantages of the PSi nanostructure. However, in
practice, without application of signal amplification strategies,
PSi-based biosensors suffer from limited sensitivity, compared to
planar counterparts. Using a theoretical model, which describes the
complex mass transport phenomena and reaction kinetics in these porous
nanomaterials, we reveal that the interrelated effect of bulk and
hindered diffusion is the main limiting factor of PSi-based biosensors.
Thus, without significantly accelerating the mass transport to and
within the nanostructure, the target capture performance of these
biosensors would be comparable, regardless of the nature of the capture
probe–target pair. We use our model to investigate the effect
of various structural and biosensor characteristics on the capture
performance of such biosensors and suggest rules of thumb for their
optimization.
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- Sofia Arshavsky Graham
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
- Institute of Technical Chemistry, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr. 5, Hanover 30167, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
- The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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Chalklen T, Jing Q, Kar-Narayan S. Biosensors Based on Mechanical and Electrical Detection Techniques. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E5605. [PMID: 33007906 PMCID: PMC7584018 DOI: 10.3390/s20195605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Biosensors are powerful analytical tools for biology and biomedicine, with applications ranging from drug discovery to medical diagnostics, food safety, and agricultural and environmental monitoring. Typically, biological recognition receptors, such as enzymes, antibodies, and nucleic acids, are immobilized on a surface, and used to interact with one or more specific analytes to produce a physical or chemical change, which can be captured and converted to an optical or electrical signal by a transducer. However, many existing biosensing methods rely on chemical, electrochemical and optical methods of identification and detection of specific targets, and are often: complex, expensive, time consuming, suffer from a lack of portability, or may require centralised testing by qualified personnel. Given the general dependence of most optical and electrochemical techniques on labelling molecules, this review will instead focus on mechanical and electrical detection techniques that can provide information on a broad range of species without the requirement of labelling. These techniques are often able to provide data in real time, with good temporal sensitivity. This review will cover the advances in the development of mechanical and electrical biosensors, highlighting the challenges and opportunities therein.
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- Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK;
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- Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK;
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High Fundamental Frequency Quartz Crystal Microbalance (HFF-QCMD) Immunosensor for detection of sulfathiazole in honey. Food Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yoshimoto M, Tanaka M, Kurosawa S. Dynamics of the solution viscosity and density in the 1,4-cyclohexanedione-bromate oscillation system. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kowarsch R, Suhak Y, Eduarte LC, Mansour M, Meyer F, Peschel A, Fritze H, Rembe C, Johannsmann D. Compressional-Wave Effects in the Operation of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance in Liquids:Dependence on Overtone Order. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20092535. [PMID: 32365649 PMCID: PMC7249204 DOI: 10.3390/s20092535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The operation of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) in liquids is plagued by small flexural admixtures to the thickness-shear deformation. The resonator surface moves not only in the transverse direction, but also along the surface normal, thereby emitting compressional waves into the liquid. Using a simple analytical model and laser Doppler vibrometry, we show that the flexural admixtures are stronger on the fundamental mode than on the overtones. The normal amplitude of motion amounts to about 1% of the transverse motion on the fundamental mode. This ratio drops by a factor of two on the overtones. A similar dependence on overtone order is observed in experiments, where the resonator is immersed in a liquid and faces an opposite planar wall, the distance of which varies. Standing compressional waves occur at certain distances. The amplitudes of these are smaller on the overtones than on the fundamental mode. The findings can be rationalized with the tensor form of the small-load approximation.
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- Robert Kowarsch
- Institute of Electrical Information Technology, Clausthal University of Technology, Leibnizstr. 28, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; (R.K.); (M.M.); (C.R.)
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- Institute of Energy Research and Physical Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, Am Stollen 19B, D-38640 Goslar, Germany; (Y.S.); (L.C.E.); (H.F.)
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- Institute of Energy Research and Physical Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, Am Stollen 19B, D-38640 Goslar, Germany; (Y.S.); (L.C.E.); (H.F.)
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- Institute of Electrical Information Technology, Clausthal University of Technology, Leibnizstr. 28, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; (R.K.); (M.M.); (C.R.)
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; (F.M.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; (F.M.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Energy Research and Physical Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, Am Stollen 19B, D-38640 Goslar, Germany; (Y.S.); (L.C.E.); (H.F.)
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- Institute of Electrical Information Technology, Clausthal University of Technology, Leibnizstr. 28, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; (R.K.); (M.M.); (C.R.)
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 4, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; (F.M.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence:
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Kravchenko S, Snopok B. “Vanishing mass” in the Sauerbrey world: quartz crystal microbalance study of self-assembled monolayers based on a tripod-branched structure with tuneable molecular flexibility. Analyst 2020; 145:656-666. [DOI: 10.1039/c9an01366k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Complex loadings that appear on a surface with flexible spatial organisation can reveal anti-Sauerbrey behaviour due to their variable interfacial architecture even for an ultrathin monomolecular sensitive layer.
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- V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics
- Kyiv
- Ukraine
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Mobed A, Hasanzadeh M, Ahmadalipour A, Fakhari A. Recent advances in the biosensing of neurotransmitters: material and method overviews towards the biomedical analysis of psychiatric disorders. ANALYTICAL METHODS 2020; 12:557-575. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ay02390a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Neurotransmitters are the most important messengers of the nervous system, and any changes in their balances and activities can cause serious neurological, psychiatric and cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
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- Ahmad Mobed
- Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Student Research Committee
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Analysis Research Center
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Tabriz
- Iran
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- Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Student Research Committee
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Iran
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- Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Student Research Committee
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Iran
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Liu R, Ye X, Cui T. Recent Progress of Biomarker Detection Sensors. RESEARCH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2020; 2020:7949037. [PMID: 33123683 PMCID: PMC7585038 DOI: 10.34133/2020/7949037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Early cancer diagnosis and treatment are crucial research fields of human health. One method that has proven efficient is biomarker detection which can provide real-time and accurate biological information for early diagnosis. This review presents several biomarker sensors based on electrochemistry, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), nanowires, other nanostructures, and, most recently, metamaterials which have also shown their mechanisms and prospects in application in recent years. Compared with previous reviews, electrochemistry-based biomarker sensors have been classified into three strategies according to their optimizing methods in this review. This makes it more convenient for researchers to find a specific fabrication method to improve the performance of their sensors. Besides that, as microfabrication technologies have improved and novel materials are explored, some novel biomarker sensors-such as nanowire-based and metamaterial-based biomarker sensors-have also been investigated and summarized in this review, which can exhibit ultrahigh resolution, sensitivity, and limit of detection (LoD) in a more complex detection environment. The purpose of this review is to understand the present by reviewing the past. Researchers can break through bottlenecks of existing biomarker sensors by reviewing previous works and finally meet the various complex detection needs for the early diagnosis of human cancer.
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- Ruitao Liu
- State Key Lab Precise Measurement Technology & Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Lab Precise Measurement Technology & Instrument, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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John T, Greene GW, Patil NA, Dealey TJA, Hossain MA, Abel B, Martin LL. Adsorption of Amyloidogenic Peptides to Functionalized Surfaces Is Biased by Charge and Hydrophilicity. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:14522-14531. [PMID: 31537064 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Surfaces are abundant in living systems, such as in the form of cellular membranes, and govern many biological processes. In this study, the adsorption of the amyloidogenic model peptides GNNQQNY, NNFGAIL, and VQIVYK as well as the amyloid-forming antimicrobial peptide uperin 3.5 (U3.5) were studied at low concentrations (100 μM) to different surfaces. The technique of a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) was applied as it enables the monitoring of mass binding to sensors at nanogram sensitivity. Gold-coated quartz sensors were used as unmodified gold surfaces or functionalized with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols (terminated as methyl, amino, carboxyl, and hydroxyl) resulting in different adsorption affinities of the peptides. Our objective was to evaluate the underlying role of the nature and feature of interfaces in biological systems which could concentrate peptides and impact or trigger peptide aggregation processes. In overall, the largely hydrophobic peptides adsorbed with preference to hydrophobic or countercharged surfaces. Further, the glycoprotein lubricin (LUB) was tested as an antiadhesive coating. Despite its hydrophilicity, the adsorption of peptides to LUB coated sensors was similar to the adsorption to unmodified gold surfaces, which indicates that some peptides diffused through the LUB layer to reach the underlying gold sensor surface. The LUB protein-antiadhesive is thus more effective as a biomaterial coating against larger biomolecules than small peptides under the conditions used here. This study provides directions toward a better understanding of amyloid peptide adsorption to biologically relevant interfaces, such as cellular membranes.
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- Torsten John
- School of Chemistry , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) , Permoserstraße 15 , 04318 Leipzig , Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , Leipzig University , Linnéstraße 3 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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- Institute for Frontier Materials , Deakin University , 75 Pigdons Road , Waurn Ponds , Victoria 3216 , Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health , The University of Melbourne , Parkville , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) , Permoserstraße 15 , 04318 Leipzig , Germany
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry , Leipzig University , Linnéstraße 3 , 04103 Leipzig , Germany
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- School of Chemistry , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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Yoshimoto M, Kurosawa S, Tanaka M. Temperature dependence of physical properties of soft matters on the oscillating solid-liquid interface. Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mass-Sensitive Sensing of Melamine in Dairy Products with Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Matrix Challenges. SENSORS 2019; 19:s19102366. [PMID: 31126005 PMCID: PMC6566888 DOI: 10.3390/s19102366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Food standards and quality control are important means to ensure public health. In the last decade, melamine has become a rather notorious example of food adulteration: Spiking products with low-cost melamine in order to feign high amino acid content exploits the lack in specificity of the established Kjeldahl method for determining organic nitrogen. This work discusses the responses of a sensor based on quartz crystal microbalances (QCM) coated with molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) to detect melamine in real life matrices both in a selective and a sensitive manner. Experiments in pure milk revealed no significant sensor responses. However, sensor response increased to a frequency change of −30Hz after diluting the matrix ten times. Systematic evaluation of this effect by experiments in melamine solutions containing bovine serum albumin (BSA) and casein revealed that proteins noticeably influence sensor results. The signal of melamine in water (1600 mg/L) decreases to half of its initial value, if either 1% BSA or casein are present. Higher protein concentrations decrease sensor responses even further. This suggests significant interaction between the analyte and proteins in general. Follow-up experiments revealed that centrifugation of tagged serum samples results in a significant loss of sensor response, thereby further confirming the suspected interaction between protein and melamine.
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Prajapati DG, Kandasubramanian B. Progress in the Development of Intrinsically Conducting Polymer Composites as Biosensors. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2019; 220:1800561. [PMID: 32327916 PMCID: PMC7168478 DOI: 10.1002/macp.201800561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Biosensors are analytical devices which find extensive applications in fields such as the food industry, defense sector, environmental monitoring, and in clinical diagnosis. Similarly, intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) and their composites have lured immense interest in bio-sensing due to their various attributes like compatibility with biological molecules, efficient electron transfer upon biochemical reactions, loading of bio-reagent, and immobilization of biomolecules. Further, they are proficient in sensing diverse biological species and compounds like glucose (detection limit ≈0.18 nm), DNA (≈10 pm), cholesterol (≈1 µm), aptamer (≈0.8 pm), and also cancer cells (≈5 pm mL-1) making them a potential candidate for biological sensing functions. ICPs and their composites have been extensively exploited by researchers in the field of biosensors owing to these peculiarities; however, no consolidated literature on the usage of conducting polymer composites for biosensing functions is available. This review extensively elucidates on ICP composites and doped conjugated polymers for biosensing functions of copious biological species. In addition, a brief overview is provided on various forms of biosensors, their sensing mechanisms, and various methods of immobilizing biological species along with the life cycle assessment of biosensors for various biosensing applications, and their cost analysis.
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- Deepak G. Prajapati
- Nano Texturing LaboratoryDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials EngineeringDefence Institute of Advanced TechnologyMinistry of DefenceGirinagarPune411025India
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- Nano Texturing LaboratoryDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials EngineeringDefence Institute of Advanced TechnologyMinistry of DefenceGirinagarPune411025India
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Wan F, Nylander T, Foged C, Yang M, Baldursdottir SG, Nielsen HM. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the biophysical interaction of inhaled nanoparticles with pulmonary surfactant by using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 545:162-171. [PMID: 30877998 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.02.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Understanding the interaction between inhaled nanoparticles and pulmonary surfactant is a prerequisite for predicting the fate of inhaled nanoparticles. Here, we introduce a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D)-based methodology to reveal the extent and nature of the biophysical interactions of polymer- and lipid-based nanoparticles with pulmonary surfactant. By fitting the QCM-D data to the Langmuir adsorption equation, we determined the kinetics and equilibrium parameters [i.e., maximal adsorption (Δmmax), equilibrium constant (Ka), adsorption rate constant (ka) and desorption rate constant (kd)] of polymeric nanoparticles adsorption onto the pulmonary surfactant (e.g., an artificial lipid mixture and an extract of porcine lung surfactant). Furthermore, our results revealed that the nature of the interactions between lipid-based nanoparticles (e.g., liposomes) and pulmonary surfactant was governed by the liposomal composition, i.e., incorporation of cholesterol and PEGylated phospholipid (DSPE-PEG2000) into DOPC-based liposomes led to the adsorption of intact liposomes onto the pulmonary surfactant layer and the mass exchange between the liposomes and pulmonary surfactant layer, respectively. In conclusion, we demonstrate the applicability of the QCM-D technique for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the biophysical interaction of inhaled nanoparticles with pulmonary surfactant, which is vital for rational design and optimization of inhalable nanomedicines.
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- Feng Wan
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Wearable biosensors for healthcare monitoring. Nat Biotechnol 2019; 37:389-406. [PMID: 30804534 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-019-0045-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1138] [Impact Index Per Article: 227.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Wearable biosensors are garnering substantial interest due to their potential to provide continuous, real-time physiological information via dynamic, noninvasive measurements of biochemical markers in biofluids, such as sweat, tears, saliva and interstitial fluid. Recent developments have focused on electrochemical and optical biosensors, together with advances in the noninvasive monitoring of biomarkers including metabolites, bacteria and hormones. A combination of multiplexed biosensing, microfluidic sampling and transport systems have been integrated, miniaturized and combined with flexible materials for improved wearability and ease of operation. Although wearable biosensors hold promise, a better understanding of the correlations between analyte concentrations in the blood and noninvasive biofluids is needed to improve reliability. An expanded set of on-body bioaffinity assays and more sensing strategies are needed to make more biomarkers accessible to monitoring. Large-cohort validation studies of wearable biosensor performance will be needed to underpin clinical acceptance. Accurate and reliable real-time sensing of physiological information using wearable biosensor technologies would have a broad impact on our daily lives.
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Good glucose management through an insulin dose regime based on the metabolism of glucose helps millions of people worldwide manage their diabetes. Since Banting and Best extracted insulin, glucose management has improved due to the introduction of insulin analogues that act from 30 minutes to 28 days, improved insulin dose regimes, and portable glucose meters, with a current focus on alternative sampling sites that are less invasive. However, a piece of the puzzle is still missing-the ability to measure insulin directly in a Point-of-Care device. The ability to measure both glucose and insulin concurrently will enable better glucose control by providing an improved estimate for insulin sensitivity, minimizing variability in control, and maximizing safety from hypoglycaemia. However, direct detection of free insulin has provided a challenge due to the size of the molecule, the low concentration of insulin in blood, and the selectivity against interferants in blood. This review summarizes current insulin detection methods from immunoassays to analytical chemistry, and sensors. We also discuss the challenges and potential of each of the methods towards Point-of-Care insulin detection.
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Contreras-Naranjo JE, Aguilar O. Suppressing Non-Specific Binding of Proteins onto Electrode Surfaces in the Development of Electrochemical Immunosensors. BIOSENSORS 2019; 9:E15. [PMID: 30669262 PMCID: PMC6468902 DOI: 10.3390/bios9010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Electrochemical immunosensors, EIs, are systems that combine the analytical power of electrochemical techniques and the high selectivity and specificity of antibodies in a solid phase immunoassay for target analyte. In EIs, the most used transducer platforms are screen printed electrodes, SPEs. Some characteristics of EIs are their low cost, portability for point of care testing (POCT) applications, high specificity and selectivity to the target molecule, low sample and reagent consumption and easy to use. Despite all these attractive features, still exist one to cover and it is the enhancement of the sensitivity of the EIs. In this review, an approach to understand how this can be achieved is presented. First, it is necessary to comprise thoroughly all the complex phenomena that happen simultaneously in the protein-surface interface when adsorption of the protein occurs. Physicochemical properties of the protein and the surface as well as the adsorption phenomena influence the sensitivity of the EIs. From this point, some strategies to suppress non-specific binding, NSB, of proteins onto electrode surfaces in order to improve the sensitivity of EIs are mentioned.
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- Jesús E Contreras-Naranjo
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias. Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, N.L., Mexico.
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias. Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, N.L., Mexico.
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Alipoormazandarani N, Fatehi P. Adsorption Characteristics of Carboxymethylated Lignin on Rigid and Soft Surfaces Probed by Quartz Crystal Microbalance. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:15293-15303. [PMID: 30468388 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Limited information is available on the interaction of anionically charged lignin and cationic particles, despite the promising use of anionic lignin as a coagulant and dispersant for suspension systems. The main objective of this study was to discover the fate of lignin on its interaction with rigid and soft surfaces. In this work, carboxymethylated lignin (CML) with two different charge densities were produced, and their adsorption performance on gold and poly(diallydimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC)-coated gold surfaces was comprehensively studied. The viscoelastic properties of adsorbed CML on the gold surface were investigated by means of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation. A higher adsorbed amount and compact layer were observed for the adsorption of CML with a lower charge density of -1.16 meq/g (CML1). CML with a higher charge density (-2.92 meq/g), CML2, yielded a lower surface excess density of 2.31 × 10-6 mol/m2 and a higher occupied area per molecule (71.84 Å2) at the interface of water and gold sensor. Below and at equilibrium, CML2 generated a bulkier adsorption layer than did CML1 on the gold sensor and on the PDADMAC-coated sensor. Studies on the layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly of CML and PDADMAC revealed that CML1 adsorbed more greatly than CML2 on PDADMAC, and it generated a thicker but less viscoelastic layer. In this system, the greater loss to storage modulus ( G″/ G') value was achieved for CML2, indicating its looser structure in the LBL system. Studies on the LBL assembly of carboxymethylated xylan/PDADMAC and CML/PDADMAC provided concrete evidence for the fate of three-dimensional structure of CML on its adsorption performance.
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- Chemical Engineering Department , Lakehead University , 955 Oliver Road , Thunder Bay , ON , Canada P7B 5E1
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John T, Gladytz A, Kubeil C, Martin LL, Risselada HJ, Abel B. Impact of nanoparticles on amyloid peptide and protein aggregation: a review with a focus on gold nanoparticles. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:20894-20913. [PMID: 30225490 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04506b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Society is increasingly exposed to nanoparticles as they are ubiquitous in nature and introduced as man-made air pollutants and as functional ingredients in cosmetic products as well as in nanomedicine. Nanoparticles differ in size, shape and material properties. In addition to their intended function, the side effects on biochemical processes in organisms remain unclear. Nanoparticles can significantly influence the nucleation and aggregation process of peptides. The development of several neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, is related to the aggregation of peptides into amyloid fibrils. However, there is no comprehensive or universal mechanism to predict or explain apparent acceleration or inhibition of these aggregation processes. In this work, selected studies and possible mechanisms for amyloid peptide nucleation and aggregation, in the presence of nanoparticles, are highlighted. These studies are discussed in the context of recent data from our group on the role of gold nanoparticles in amyloid peptide aggregation using experimental methods and large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. A complex interplay of the surface properties of the nanoparticles, the properties of the peptides, as well as the resulting forces between both the nanoparticles and the peptides, appear to determine whether amyloid peptide aggregation is influenced, catalysed or inhibited by the presence of nanoparticles.
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- Torsten John
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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Tonda-Turo C, Carmagnola I, Ciardelli G. Quartz Crystal Microbalance With Dissipation Monitoring: A Powerful Method to Predict the in vivo Behavior of Bioengineered Surfaces. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2018; 6:158. [PMID: 30425985 PMCID: PMC6218436 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The Quartz Crystal Microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) is a tool to measure mass and viscosity in processes occurring at or near surfaces, or within thin films. QCM-D is able to detect extremely small chemical, mechanical, and electrical changes taking place on the sensor surface and to convert them into electrical signals which can be investigated to study dynamic process. Surface nanotopography and chemical composition are of pivotal importance in biomedical applications since interactions of medical devices with the physiological environment are mediated by surface features. This review is intended to provide readers with an up-to-date summary of QCM-D applications in the study of cell behavior and to discuss the future trends for the use of QCM-D as a high-throughput method to study cell/surface interactions overcoming the current challenges in the design of biomedical devices.
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- Chiara Tonda-Turo
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.,POLITO BIOMedLAB, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.,POLITO BIOMedLAB, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.,POLITO BIOMedLAB, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.,Department for Materials and Devices of the National Research Council, Institute for the Chemical and Physical Processes (CNR-IPCF UOS), Pisa, Italy
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