Surface modification with BSA blocking based on in situ synthesized gold nanoparticles in poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchip

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2010 Feb 1;75(2):608-11. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.10.015. Epub 2009 Nov 5.

Abstract

A stable BSA blocking poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchannel was prepared based on in situ synthesized PDMS-gold nanoparticles composite films. The modified microchip could successfully suppress protein adsorption. The assembly was followed by contact angle, charge-coupled device (CCD) imaging, electroosmotic flow (EOF) measurements and electrophoretic separation methods. Contact angle measurements revealed the coated surface was hydrophilic, water contact angle for coated chips was 45.2 degrees compared to a water contact angle for native PDMS chips of 88.5 degrees. The coated microchips exhibited reproducible and stable EOF behavior. With FITC-labeled myoglobin incubation in the coated channel, no fluorescence was observed with CCD image, and the protein exhibited good electrophoretic effect in the modified microchip.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes / metabolism*
  • Electroosmosis
  • Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
  • Fluorescence
  • Gold / metabolism*
  • Horses
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques*
  • Myoglobin / metabolism
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / metabolism*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Dimethylpolysiloxanes
  • Myoglobin
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Gold
  • Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate