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López Marzo AM. Techniques for characterizing biofunctionalized surfaces for bioanalysis purposes. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 263:116599. [PMID: 39111251 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/21/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
Abstract
Surface biofunctionalization is an essential stage in the preparation of any bioassay affecting its analytical performance. However, a complete characterization of the biofunctionalized surface, considering studies of coverage density, distribution and orientation of biomolecules, layer thickness, and target biorecognition efficiency, is not met most of the time. This review is a critical overview of the main techniques and strategies used for characterizing biofunctionalized surfaces and the process in between. Emphasis is given to scanning force microscopies as the most versatile and suitable tools to evaluate the quality of the biofunctionalized surfaces in real-time dynamic experiments, highlighting the helpful of atomic force microscopy, Kelvin probe force microscopy, electrochemical atomic force microscopy and photo-induced force microscopy. Other techniques such as optical and electronic microscopies, quartz crystal microbalance, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, contact angle, and electrochemical techniques, are also discussed regarding their advantages and disadvantages in addressing the whole characterization of the biomodified surface. Scarce reviews point out the importance of practicing an entire characterization of the biofunctionalized surfaces. This is the first review that embraces this topic discussing a wide variety of characterization tools applied in any bioanalysis platform developed to detect both clinical and environmental analytes. This survey provides information to the analysts on the applications, strengths, and weaknesses of the techniques discussed here to extract fruitful insights from them. The aim is to prompt and help the analysts to accomplish an entire assessment of the biofunctionalized surface, and profit from the information obtained to enhance the bioanalysis output.
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- Adaris M López Marzo
- Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer dels Til·lers s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
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Zitka J, Sileny J, Kudr J, Koudelkova Z, Ilieva L, Richtera L, Syrovy T, Adam V, Zitka O. Fully automated station for testing, characterizing and modifying screen-printed electrodes. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2022; 14:3824-3830. [PMID: 36193785 DOI: 10.1039/d2ay01123a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electrochemical detection systems that provide either quantitative or sample-to-answer information are promising for various analytical applications in the emerging field of point-of-care testing (POCT). Nevertheless, in mobile POC systems optical detection is currently more preferred compared to electrochemical detection due to the insufficient robustness of electrochemical detection approaches toward "real world" use. Over the last couple of decades, screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) have emerged as a simple and low-cost electrochemical detection platform. Here, we report, firstly and solely, a novel benchtop system for the processing of electrochemical methods on SPE platforms. Our solution prevents operator errors from occurring while processing and testing SPEs, achieves an automatic processing of more than 300 electrodes per day and enables comparative testing due to the presence of two simultaneous working channels; furthermore, the SPEs used can be stored in specially-designed cartridges. This novel device helps to overcome the major disadvantages in processing SPE technology, such as a low level of automation and issues with process repeatability, making this technology more efficient and enabling faster growth in industry.
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- Jan Zitka
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, Brno CZ-616 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, Brno CZ-616 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Graphic Arts and Photophysics, University of Pardubice, Doubravice 41, Pardubice, CZ-533 53, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, Brno CZ-616 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno CZ-613 00, Czech Republic.
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, Brno CZ-616 00, Czech Republic
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Ho WF, Nguyen LT, Yang KL. A microfluidic sensor for detecting chlorophenols using cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs). LAB ON A CHIP 2019; 19:634-640. [PMID: 30644486 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc01065j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Chlorophenols have a strong medicinal smell and can be detected by the human nose at parts-per-million levels. Therefore, continuous monitoring of chlorophenols in water supplies is highly important. Herein, we reported a microfluidic sensor which can be used to detect 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) in real time with a limit of detection of around 0.1 ppm. The microfluidic sensor is a membrane-less galvanic cell which consists of two laminar flows running in parallel inside a straight channel. The sensor measures the potential difference between a solution containing 2,4-DCP and a reference solution containing acetate buffer. In a continuous-flow mode, the cell potential is proportional to the concentration of 2,4-DCP. To render specificity for the sensor, we incorporate a pre-treatment section where the incoming solution containing 2,4-DCP is split into two streams. One of the streams is brought into contact with cross-linked laccase aggregates (which catalyzes the hydrolysis of 2,4-DCP) and the second stream is taken as a reference solution. By comparing the potential difference between the two streams, we can determine the concentration of 2,4-DCP with high specificity. The microfluidic sensor platform is potentially useful for real-time detection of micropollutants present in aquatic systems with high sensitivity and specificity.
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- Wing Fat Ho
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585 Singapore.
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Hammami A, Kuliček J, Raouafi N. A naphthoquinone/SAM-mediated biosensor for olive oil polyphenol content. Food Chem 2016; 209:274-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.04.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Pino F, Mayorga-Martinez C, Merkoçi A. High-performance sensor based on copper oxide nanoparticles for dual detection of phenolic compounds and a pesticide. Electrochem commun 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Randviir EP, Banks CE. Electrode substrate innovation for electrochemical detection in microchip electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2015; 36:1845-53. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Edward P. Randviir
- Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Chemistry and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University; Lancs UK
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- Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Chemistry and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University; Lancs UK
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Kurbanoglu S, Mayorga-Martinez CC, Medina-Sánchez M, Rivas L, Ozkan SA, Merkoçi A. Antithyroid drug detection using an enzyme cascade blocking in a nanoparticle‐based lab‐on‐a‐chip system. Biosens Bioelectron 2015; 67:670-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Revised: 10/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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