TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of buffer composition and dilution on nanowire field-effect biosensors
AU - Lloret, Noemie Denise Carmen
AU - Frederiksen, Rune Schøneberg
AU - Møller, Thor Christian
AU - Rieben, Nathalie Ines
AU - Upadhyay, Shivendra
AU - De Vico, Luca
AU - Jensen, Jan Halborg
AU - Nygård, Jesper
AU - Martinez, Karen Laurence
PY - 2013/1/25
Y1 - 2013/1/25
N2 - Nanowire-based field-effect transistors (FETs) can be used as ultra-sensitive and label-free biosensors for detecting protein-protein interactions. A way to increase the performance of such sensors is to dilute the sensing buffer drastically. However, we show here that this can have an important effect on the function of the proteins. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this dilution significantly affects the pH stability of the sensing buffer, which consequently impacts the charge of the protein and thus the response and signal-to-noise ratio in the sensing experiments. Three model systems are investigated experimentally to illustrate the impact on ligand-protein and protein-protein interactions. Simulations are performed to illustrate the effect on the performance of the sensors. Combining various parameters, the current study provides a means for evaluating and selecting the most appropriate buffer composition for bioFET measurements.
AB - Nanowire-based field-effect transistors (FETs) can be used as ultra-sensitive and label-free biosensors for detecting protein-protein interactions. A way to increase the performance of such sensors is to dilute the sensing buffer drastically. However, we show here that this can have an important effect on the function of the proteins. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this dilution significantly affects the pH stability of the sensing buffer, which consequently impacts the charge of the protein and thus the response and signal-to-noise ratio in the sensing experiments. Three model systems are investigated experimentally to illustrate the impact on ligand-protein and protein-protein interactions. Simulations are performed to illustrate the effect on the performance of the sensors. Combining various parameters, the current study provides a means for evaluating and selecting the most appropriate buffer composition for bioFET measurements.
U2 - 10.1088/0957-4484/24/3/035501
DO - 10.1088/0957-4484/24/3/035501
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23263553
SN - 0957-4484
VL - 24
JO - Nanotechnology
JF - Nanotechnology
IS - 3
M1 - 035501
ER -