Journal
NANO RESEARCH
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 5510-5516Publisher
TSINGHUA UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4190-0
Keywords
biosensor; indium oxide transistor; phosphatase; SARS-CoV-2 spike protein; SARS-CoV-2 spike IgG antibody
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- King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) through The Center of Excellence for Nanotechnologies (CEGN)
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Developing convenient and accurate SARS-CoV-2 antigen and antibody tests is crucial in curbing the global COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, an improved indium oxide (In2O3) nanoribbon field-effect transistor (FET) biosensor platform was developed for detecting both SARS-CoV-2 antigen and antibody.
Developing convenient and accurate SARS-CoV-2 antigen test and serology test is crucial in curbing the global COVID-19 pandemic. In this work, we report an improved indium oxide (In2O3) nanoribbon field-effect transistor (FET) biosensor platform detecting both SARS-CoV-2 antigen and antibody. Our FET biosensors, which were fabricated using a scalable and cost-efficient lithography-free process utilizing shadow masks, consist of an In2O3 channel and a newly developed stable enzyme reporter. During the biosensing process, the phosphatase enzymatic reaction generated pH change of the solution, which was then detected and converted to electrical signal by our In2O3 FETs. The biosensors applied phosphatase as enzyme reporter, which has a much better stability than the widely used urease in FET based biosensors. As proof-of-principle studies, we demonstrate the detection of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in both phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) buffer and universal transport medium (UTM) (limit of detection [LoD]: 100 fg/mL). Following the SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests, we developed and characterized additional sensors aimed at SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies, which is important to trace past infection and vaccination. Our spike protein IgG antibody tests exhibit excellent detection limits in both PBS and human whole blood ((LoD): 1 pg/mL). Our biosensors display similar detection performance in different mediums, demonstrating that our biosensor approach is not limited by Debye screening from salts and can selectively detect biomarkers in physiological fluids. The newly selected enzyme for our platform performs much better performance and longer shelf life which will lead our biosensor platform to be capable for real clinical diagnosis usage.
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