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- Title
A Fluorescent One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal for Label-Free Biosensing Based on Bloch Surface Waves.
- Authors
Frascella, Francesca; Ricciardi, Serena; Rivolo, Paola; Moi, Valeria; Giorgis, Fabrizio; Descrovi, Emiliano; Michelotti, Francesco; Munzert, Peter; Danz, Norbert; Napione, Lucia; Alvaro, Maria; Bussolino, Federico
- Abstract
A one-dimensional photonic crystal (1DPC) based on a planar stack of dielectric layers is used as an optical transducer for biosensing, upon the coupling of TE-polarized Bloch Surface Waves (BSW). The structure is tailored with a polymeric layer providing a chemical functionality facilitating the covalent binding of orienting proteins needed for a subsequent grafting of antibodies in an immunoassay detection scheme. The polymeric layer is impregnated with Cy3 dye, in such a way that the photonic structure can exhibit an emissive behavior. The BSW-coupled fluorescence shift is used as a means for detecting refractive index variations occurring at the 1DPC surface, according to a label-free concept. The proposed working principle is successfully demonstrated in real-time tracking of protein G covalent binding on the 1DPC surface within a fluidic cell.
- Subjects
FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONIC crystals; BIOSENSORS; SURFACE waves (Fluids); DIELECTRICS; IMMUNOASSAY
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2013, Vol 13, Issue 2, p2011
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s130202011