Wide dynamic range phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance biosensor based on measuring the modulation harmonics

Biosens Bioelectron. 2007 Dec 15;23(5):627-32. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2007.07.015. Epub 2007 Aug 3.

Abstract

In this study, a novel phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) setup, based on temporal modulation of a pumping beam by a photoelastic modulator, and subsequent extraction of phase information at the second and the third harmonics of the modulation frequency, has been developed to study biomolecular interactions on SPR-supporting gold. We demonstrated that the design setup provides ultra-high phase sensitivity, together with a wide dynamic range of measurements. In particular, the proposed scheme was used to study real-time interaction of biotin-protein and streptavidin-BSA complexes. We have found that the proposed technique has a detection limit as high as 2.89 x 10(-7) in terms of refractive index units (RIU). In terms of biosensing performance, a detection sensitivity of 1.3 nM from the streptavidin-maleimide/thiolated BSA complex binding reaction has also been demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Biotin / analysis
  • Biotin / metabolism
  • Cattle
  • Electrochemistry
  • Refractometry / instrumentation
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / analysis
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / metabolism
  • Streptavidin / analysis
  • Streptavidin / metabolism
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Biotin
  • Streptavidin