Performance of Eudragit coated whispering gallery mode resonator-based immunosensors

Sensors (Basel). 2012 Oct 30;12(11):14604-11. doi: 10.3390/s121114604.

Abstract

Whispering gallery mode resonators (WGMR) are an efficient tool for the realization of optical biosensors. A high Q factor preservation is a crucial requirement for good biosensor performances. In this work we present an Eudragit®L100 coated microspherical WGMR as an efficient immunosensor. The developed resonator was morphologically characterized using fluorescence microscopy. The functionalization process was tuned to preserve the high Q factor of the resonator. The protein binding assay was optically characterized in terms of specificity in buffer solution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Microspheres
  • Polymethacrylic Acids / chemistry*

Substances

  • Polymethacrylic Acids
  • methylmethacrylate-methacrylic acid copolymer