Journal
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 2165-2170Publisher
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2010.09.026
Keywords
Photonic crystal; Fluoroimmunoassay; Protein detection; Fluorescence enhancement; Background interference
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- NSFC [50625312, U0634004, 20721061, 50973117]
- 973 Program [2006CB806200, 2006CB932100, 2006CB921706, 2007CB936403, 2009CB930404]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KJCX-2-YW-M11]
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There has been immense interest in both instruments and methods to enhance fluorescence signal and achieve highly sensitive fluoroimmunoassay (FIA). In this paper, we present a facile, low-cost and general method of biotinylated colloidal photonic crystal (PC) to improve the FIA of avidin (avidin FIA). The fluorescence signal intensity of the avidin FIA on the colloidal PC can be enhanced over two orders of magnitude relative to the control sample, attributed to the large surface area, resonance field and coherent scattering effect of the colloidal PC. The detection limit is shrunk to 1/69 of that of the control sample. Furthermore, the signal to interference ratio (S/I ratio) is increased because the band-edge induced fluorescence enhancement is wavelength-selective. The interference fluorescence does not go up proportionally while the signal is significantly enhanced by the colloidal PCs. It is believed that the colloidal PC modified with biotin can act as an effective material for a general and sensitive fluoroimmunoassay. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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