Abstract
In this paper, an asymmetric split-ring resonator, metamaterial element, is presented as a biosensing transducer for detection of highly sensitive and label-free stress biomarkers. In particular, the two biomarkers, cortisol and α-amylase, are used for evaluating the sensitivity of the proposed biosensor. In case of cortisol detection, the competitive reaction between cortisol-bovine serum albumin and free cortisol is employed, while alpha-amylase is directly detected by its antigen-antibody reaction. From the experimental results, we find that the limit of detection and sensitivity of the proposed sensing device are about 1 ng/ml and 1.155 MHz/ng ml-1, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 053702 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 Jul 29 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. 2011-0016731), the Development of Wellness Humancare Platform of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy the Ministry of Korea, a project fund (C3373A) to J. S. Choi from the Center for Analytical Research of Disaster Science of the Korea Basic Science Institute, and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2013R1A6A3A01024761).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)