Gold-coated tilted fiber Bragg gratings for lead ion sensing.

Aptamers; Functionalizations; Gold layer; Gold-coated; Ion sensing; Label-free biosensing; Lead ions; Refractometry; Surface plasmon resonance sensor; Tilted fiber Bragg grating; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Abstract :

[en] Surface plasmon resonance sensor based on gold-coated tilted fiber Bragg gratings (SPR-TFBGs) are perfectly suited for fine refractometry. Thanks to the functionalization of the gold layer, they can be used for label-free biosensing. They have been largely used for the specific detection of proteins and cells. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate that they are enough sensitive to detect a very small entity like an environmental pollutant. In this context, we report here a bio-functionalization of the SPR-TFBG with thrombin aptamers for lead ion detection. We used aqueous solutions of lead ions with increasing concentrations from 0.001 ppb to 10 ppb. Based on the affinity bending of Pb2+ ions to the thrombin aptamer, we experimentally demonstrated low detection level of lead ion concentration (0.001 ppb) while the saturation limit is meanly fixed by the physical dimension of the sensor and the binding efficiency.

Disciplines :

Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

Zhu, Tianbo ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Recherche > Service ERC Unit - Advanced Photonic

Loyez, Médéric ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Science > Service de Protéomie et Microbiologie

Chah, Karima ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Recherche > Service ERC Unit - Advanced Photonic

Caucheteur, Christophe ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté Polytechniqu > Service d'Electromagnétisme et Télécommunications

Language :

English

Title :

Gold-coated tilted fiber Bragg gratings for lead ion sensing.

Publication date :

25 September 2023

Journal title :

Optics Express

eISSN :

1094-4087

Publisher :

Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), United States

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Issue :

Pages :

32478 - 32487

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://opg.optica.org/viewmedia.cfm?URI=oe-31-20-32478&seq=0

Research unit :

F108 - Electromagnétisme et Télécommunications

Research institute :

Biosciences

Funders :

Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS

Funding text :

Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS.

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