Real-time, step-wise, electrical detection of protein molecules using dielectrophoretically aligned SWNT-film FET aptasensors

Lab Chip. 2010 Aug 21;10(16):2052-6. doi: 10.1039/c005276k. Epub 2010 Jul 9.

Abstract

Aptamer functionalized addressable SWNT-film arrays between cantilever electrodes were successfully developed for biosensor applications. Dielectrophoretically aligned SWNT suspended films made possible highly specific and rapid detection of target proteins with a large binding surface area. Thrombin aptamer immobilized SWNT-film FET biosensor resulted in a real-time, label-free, and electrical detection of thrombin molecules down to a concentration of ca. 7 pM with a step-wise rapid response time of several seconds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / chemistry*
  • Aptamers, Nucleotide / metabolism
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electrophoresis / methods*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanotubes / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / chemistry
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism

Substances

  • Aptamers, Nucleotide
  • Proteins
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • thrombin aptamer