Sensitivity investigations of surface stress capacitive DNA sensor

Investigations of the sensitivity and selectivity of a capacitive type biosensor array, consisting of a total of 256 biosensing elements, in the detection of single oligonucleotide mutations is presented. The biosensor takes advantage of surface stress changes during biological interactions and is able to translate them into a capacitive signal. The array is organized in a 16×16 matrix of distinct biosensing elements thus allowing for the concurrent sensing of multiple biological targets. In this work the sensing elements of the array are spotted with three different oligonucleotides (CD8, CD17 and CD19) and their hybridization is detected using 36nM PCR. Moreover tests with CD19 revealed the ability of the biosensor to detect the hybridization of the oligo with sample concentrations of 36, 18 and 9nM.

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