Self-Powered Temperature Sensor with Seebeck Effect Transduction for Photothermal-Thermoelectric Coupled Immunoassay

Anal Chem. 2020 Feb 4;92(3):2809-2814. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05218. Epub 2020 Jan 21.

Abstract

A self-powered temperature sensor based on Seebeck effect transduction was designed for photothermal-thermoelectric coupled immunoassay of α-fetoprotein (AFP). In this system, glucose oxidase (GOx)-conjugated detection antibody was first captured onto the microplate by target-induced sandwich-type immunoreaction. Thereafter, the as-generated hydrogen peroxide via the GOx-glucose system oxidized 3,3',5,5'-tetrametylbenzidine (TMB) into photothermal product oxidized TMB (ox-TMB). Under near-infrared (NIR) laser irradiation, the temperature change of ox-TMB was read out in an electrical signal by the flexible thermoelectric module in a 3D-printed integrated detection device. Under optimal conditions, the photothermal-thermoelectric coupled immunoassay exhibited a limit of detection of 0.39 ng mL-1 AFP over a dynamic linear range from 0.5 to 60 ng mL-1. Impressively, such a strategy presented herein offers tremendous potentials for applying many other high-efficiency thermoelectric materials in ultrasensitive biosensors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques* / instrumentation
  • Electrochemical Techniques* / instrumentation
  • Immunoassay* / instrumentation
  • Photochemical Processes
  • Temperature*
  • alpha-Fetoproteins / analysis*

Substances

  • alpha-Fetoproteins