Opto-electrochemical nanosensor array for remote DNA detection

Analyst. 2011 Jan 21;136(2):327-31. doi: 10.1039/c0an00501k. Epub 2010 Oct 14.

Abstract

A high-density array of opto-electrochemical nanosensors is presented for remote DNA detection. It was fabricated by chemical etching of a coherent optical fibre bundle to produce a nanotip array. The surface of the etched bundle was sputter-coated with a thin ITO layer which was eventually insulated by an electrophoretic paint. The fabrication steps produced a high-density array of electrochemical nanosensors which retains the optical fibre bundle architecture and its imaging properties. A DNA probe was then immobilized on the nanosensor array surface in a polypyrrole film by electropolymerisation. After hybridisation with the complementary sequence, detection of the strepavidin-R-phycoerythrin label is performed by fluorescence imaging through the optical fibre bundle itself. Control experiments and regeneration steps have also been successfully demonstrated on this nanostructured opto-electrochemical platform.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • DNA / analysis*
  • DNA Probes / chemistry
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Electrochemistry / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Optical Fibers*
  • Polymerization
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Pyrroles / chemistry

Substances

  • DNA Probes
  • Polymers
  • Pyrroles
  • polypyrrole
  • DNA