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Advanced DNA Detection via Multispectral Plasmonic Metasurfaces

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.666121

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plasmonic metasurface; localized surface plasmon resonances; surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy; DNA biosensor; multiwavelength detection

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  1. Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research through the project nanoPhotonIc plaTforms for ultraSensiTive Liquid BiOPsy (PIT-STOP) [MIUR-PRIN 2017 20173CRP3H]

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The research proposes and demonstrates a sensing platform based on plasmonic metasurfaces for detecting very low concentrations of DNA fragments. By utilizing multispectral metasurfaces, the platform enables surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy for univocal and label-free recognition of specific molecules.
We propose and demonstrate a sensing platform based on plasmonic metasurfaces for the detection of very low concentrations of deoxyribo-nucleic acid (DNA) fragments. The platform relies on surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy, implemented via a multispectral metasurface. Specifically, different regions (pixels) are engineered so as to separately cover the medium-infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum extending from the functional-groups to the fingerprint region of a single analyte. In conjunction with a suitable bio-functionalization, this enables univocal and label-free recognition of specific molecules. For experimental validation, we fabricate a large-area gold metasurface on a silicon chip, and functionalize it with a recognition layer of peptide nucleic acid (PNA). Our experimental results indicate the possibility to detect complementary DNA fragments in concentrations as low as 50 fM, i.e., well below the value attained by standard methods, with additional advantages in terms of processing time, versatility and ease of implementation/operation.

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