Ultrasensitive opto-microfluidic immunosensor integrating gold nanoparticle-enhanced chemiluminescence and highly stable organic photodetector

J Biomed Opt. 2014 Mar;19(3):30504. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.3.030504.

Abstract

The expensive fabrication of current opto-microfluidic sensors is a barrier to the successful adoption of these devices in point-of-care testing. This work reports a simple inexpensive opto-microfluidic device incorporating a poly(dimethylsiloxane)-glass hybrid microfluidic chip modified with gold nanoparticles and a high-detectivity, high-stability organic photodetector. The enhancing effect of the gold nanoparticles on horseradish peroxidase-luminol-H2O2 chemiluminescence was exploited in rapid single-analyte immunoassays. The limit of detection for 17-β estradiol was 2.5 pg/ml, which is ∼200 times more sensitive than previously reported chemiluminescent immunosensors employing other organic photodetectors. Detection was also demonstrated in complex media, including natural water and blood serum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Immunoassay / instrumentation
  • Limit of Detection
  • Luminescent Measurements / instrumentation*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Models, Chemical
  • Optical Imaging / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Gold