Label-Free Protein Biosensor Based on Aptamer-Modified Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors Kenzo Maehashi, Taiji Katsura, Kagan Kerman, Yuzuru Takamura, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, and Eiichi Tamiya Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, Jui-Ming (Ryan) Yang
Ryan Yang / Outline Background CNT applications CNT biosensor : detection of Immunoglobulin E Experimental Setup Result Conclusion / Consideration
Ryan Yang / Background CNT – FET CNT – Gas Sensor CNT – Biosensor Protein Sensor DNA Sensor Lin, Y.-M., et al., IEEE Electron Device Lett. (2005) 26, 823 S Meng, et al. Nano Letter (2007) A Modi et al. (2003) Nature
Ryan Yang / Background Goal: Detection of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) Aptamer (synthetic oligonucleotides) Monoclonal Antibody against IgE (IgE-mAb) Debye Length: distance required for screening the surplus charge by mobile carriers present in the material
Ryan Yang / Experimental Setup CNT-FET p+ type substrate / 100nm SiO2 source – drain contact: Ti/Au ethanol thermal CVD growth CNT Custom-Synthesized DNA Aptamer Immobilized Aptamer onto CNT 1-pyrenebutanoic acid succinimidyl ester with dry dimethylformamide solutions expose to aptamer in PBS overnight deactivate and block the excess reactive groups via ethanolamine D17.4ext: 5’-NH2-GCG CGG GGC ACG TTT ATC CGT CCC TCC TAG TGG CGT GCC CCG CGC-3’
Ryan Yang / Result p-type characteristics in blank PBS The current increased after the IgE- aptamer modification (at the source- drain bias of 0.2 V ) Stability test Selectivity test Brovie serum albumin (BSA) binding event
Ryan Yang / Result Sharp decrease in the source- drain current after introducing IgE, then saturation at lower values Non-specific binding of IgE can be suppressed Comparison to IgE-mAb modified CNT-FET
Ryan Yang / Conclusion Aptamer modified CNT detects the immunoglobulin E with a good dynamic range, from 250pM to 20 nM Promising candidate for the development of an integrated, high-throughput, real-time biosensor Consideration Experimental setup scheme: gate reference Signal target detection limitation Questions…