1. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA;2. School of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
Abstract:
We experimentally demonstrate an ultra‐sensitive immunoassay biosensor using diatom biosilica with self‐assembled plasmonic nanoparticles. As the nature‐created photonic crystal structures, diatoms have been adopted to enhance surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles on the surfaces of diatom frustules and to increase the sensitivity of surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). In this study, a sandwich SERS immunoassay is developed based on the hybrid plasmonic‐biosilica nanostructured materials that are functionalized with goat anti‐mouse IgG. Our experimental results show that diatom frustules improve the detection limit of mouse IgG to 10 pg/mL, which is ?100× better than conventional colloidal SERS sensors on flat glass.
Ultra‐sensitive immunoassay biosensor using diatom biosilica with self‐assembled plasmonic nanoparticles.
