Toward sol-gel-based sensors
- State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY (United States); and others
Advances in biotechnology have produced a variety of antibodies and other biomolecules that possess selective recognition capabilities. Current techniques for the immobilization of these biomolecules typically involve multistep derivatization of a primary substrate, which is labor intensive and often requires large volumes of costly reagents. Further, these immobilization chemistries often adversely affect the characteristic properties of the protein (e.g., the binding affinity). As a result, the need for fast, accurate, inexpensive, and simple to operate diagnostic assays escalates. Because of their room temperature processing, transparency, inertness, and tunable pore structure, sol-gel-derived composites represent promising chemical and biosensing platforms. To date, many researchers have entrapped proteins and enzymes in sol-gel monoliths, and found that they retain some of their native properties. Our group first reported on the affinity of a sol-gel entrapped antibody. However, although these biogel monoliths were promising, analyte diffusion through the monolith matrix is slow, resulting in long response times. Thus, it is clear that the next level of sol-gel-derived biosensor must depend on thin film technology. In the current work, the affinity of fluorescein entrapped within a sol-gel derived thin film for the anti fluorescent hapten, 5- (and 6-)-carboxy 4{prime}, 5{prime}-dimethylfluorescein, is investigated. A novel film preparation technique will be introduced, and the response and response times of these films as a function of processing and storage conditions will be discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 466519
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951017-; TRN: 96:005999-0051
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 22. annual conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Cincinnati, OH (United States), 15-20 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of FACSS XXII - the 22nd annual conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies; PB: 285 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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