A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Application of Paper-Supported Printed Gold Electrodes for Impedimetric Immunosensor Development




AuthorsPetri Ihalainen, Himadri Majumdar, Tapani Viitala, Björn Törngren, Tuomas Näreoja, Anni Määttänen, Jawad Sarfraz, Harri Härmä, Marjo Yliperttula, Ronald Österbacka, Jouko Peltonen

PublisherMDPI AG (Basel, Switzerland)

Publishing place(Basel, Switzerland)

Publication year2013

JournalBiosensors

Journal acronymBiosensors

Article number1-17

Number in series1

Volume3

Issue1

First page 1

Last page17

ISSN2079-6374

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/bios3010001


Abstract
In this article, we report on the formation and mode-of-operation of an affinity biosensor, where alternate layers of biotin/streptavidin/biotinylated-CRP-antigen/anti-CRP antibody are grown on printed gold electrodes on disposable paper-substrates. We have successfully demonstrated and detected the formation of consecutive layers of supra-molecular protein assembly using an electrical (impedimetric) technique. The formation process is also supplemented and verified using conventional surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurements and surface sensitive characterization techniques, such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The article provides a possible biosensor development scheme, where—(1) fabrication of paper substrate (2) synthesis of gold nanoparticle inks (3) inkjet printing of gold electrodes on paper (4) formation of the biorecognition layers on the gold electrodes and (5) electrical (impedimetric) analysis of growth—all are coupled together to form a test-structure for a recyclable and inexpensive point-of-care diagnostic platform.



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