1. Ultrafast Multiplexed-Allergen Detection through Advanced Fluidic Design and Monolithic Interferometric Silicon Chips.
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Angelopoulou M, Petrou PS, Makarona E, Haasnoot W, Moser I, Jobst G, Goustouridis D, Lees M, Kalatzi K, Raptis I, Misiakos K, and Kakabakos SE
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- Animals, Arachis chemistry, Biosensing Techniques economics, Caseins analysis, Cattle, Food Analysis economics, Food Analysis instrumentation, Gliadin analysis, Interferometry economics, Lab-On-A-Chip Devices economics, Limit of Detection, Plant Proteins, Dietary analysis, Soybean Proteins analysis, Time Factors, Allergens analysis, Biosensing Techniques instrumentation, Interferometry instrumentation, Silicon chemistry
- Abstract
A silicon-based miniaturized sensor chip combined with an advanced microfluidic module for the simultaneous, label-free immunochemical determination of four allergens, bovine milk protein, peanut protein, soy protein, and gliadin, is presented. The sensor chip consists of an array of 10 broad-band Mach-Zehnder interferometers (BB-MZIs) monolithically integrated on silicon, along with their respective broad-band light sources. The BB-MZIs were biofunctionalized with the targeted allergens and their responses during immunoreaction were monitored by multiplexing their transmission spectra through an external miniaturized spectrometer. The assay is performed by running mixtures of calibrators or samples with the antibodies against the four allergens followed by an antispecies specific antibodies solution. Employing a fluidic module of nearly one-dimensional geometry, that provided for uniform delivery of the reagents, CV values <6% were achieved for the responses of the 10 BB-MZIs, allowing for reliable multianalyte determinations. The analysis is completed in 6.5 min, and the detection limits were 0.04 μg/mL for bovine k-casein, 1.0 μg/mL for peanut protein, 0.80 μg/mL for soy protein, and 0.10 μg/mL for gliadin. The assays were accurate (recoveries 88-118%) and repeatable (intra- and interassay CVs <7% for all four allergens). Finally, the sensor was evaluated by analyzing samples from a cleaning in place system (CIP) of a dairy industry and the results obtained were in good agreement with those received by the respective ELISAs. The analytical characteristics of the sensor combined with the short analysis time and the small chip size make the proposed system an ideal tool for on-site multianalyte determinations.
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- 2018
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