Performance enhancement of polyaniline-based polymeric wire biosensor

Biosens Bioelectron. 2009 Jan 1;24(5):1348-52. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2008.07.079. Epub 2008 Aug 19.

Abstract

We demonstrate here the performance enhancement of polyaniline-based biosensor using screen-printing technology and pulse mode measurement technique. Screen-printed silver electrodes were made on a nitrocellulose membrane and the distance between the two electrodes was approximately 550 microm. Resistance of the electrodes had an average of 1.4 Omega with a standard deviation of +/-0.4 Omega. The surface of nitrocellulose membrane was modified by glutaraldehyde to immobilize streptavidin. Biotinylated anti-mouse IgG was conjugated with polyaniline-coated magnetic nanoparticles. Formation of polyaniline-coated magnetic nanoparticles was confirmed by a transmission electron microscope image. The polyaniline was used as an electric signal transducer for the monitoring of the biospecific binding event. An electrical response induced by the streptavidin-biotin interaction was measured by pulse mode measurement. This measurement method reduced the resistance caused by interfacial capacitance. Dose-dependent resistance changes were also successfully analyzed by the pulse mode polymeric wire biosensor. Results showed that the pulse mode measurement technique enhanced the performance of the polyaniline-based polymeric wire biosensor by reducing the interfacial effects. This approach could be helpful in samples with high interfering background materials, such as food and clinical specimens.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aniline Compounds / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Electrodes*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Immunoassay / instrumentation*
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Streptavidin / chemistry*

Substances

  • Aniline Compounds
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • polyaniline
  • Streptavidin