Detection of proteins and bacteria using an array of feedback capacitance sensors.

An integrated array of micron-dimension capacitors, originally developed for biometric applications (fingerprint identification), was engineered for detection of biological agents such as proteins and bacteria. This device consists of an array of 93,184 (256 x 364) individual capacitor-based sensing elements located underneath a thin (0.8 microm) layer of glass. This glass layer can be functionalized with organosilane-based monolayers to provide groups amenable for the immobilization of bioreceptors such as antibodies, enzymes, peptides, aptamers, and nucleotides. Upon functionalization with antibodies and in conjunction with signal amplification schemes that result in perturbation of the dielectric constant around the captured antigens, this system can be used as a detector of biological agents. Two signal amplification schemes were tested in this work: one consisted of 4 microm diameter latex immunobeads and a second one was based on colloidal gold catalyzed reduction of silver. These signal amplification approaches were demonstrated and show that this system is capable of specific detection of bacteria (Escherichia coli) and proteins (ovalbumin). The present work shows proof-of-principle demonstration that a simple fingerprint detector based on feedback capacitance measurements can be implemented as a biosensor. The approach presented could be easily expanded to simultaneously test for a large number of analytes and multiple samples given that this device has a large number of detectors. The device and required instrumentation is highly portable and does not require expensive and bulky instrumentation because it relies purely on electronic detection.

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