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Ultrafast and sensitive bioassay using split ring resonator structures and microwave heating

  • 1. Bilkent Univ, Dept Phys, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Nanotechnol Res Ctr NANOTAM, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
  • 2. Morgan State Univ, Dept Chem, Baltimore, MD 21251 USA

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In this paper, we have reported that split ring resonators (SRRs) structures can be used for bioassay applications in order to further improve the assay time and sensitivity. The proof-of-principle demonstration of the ultrafast bioassays was accomplished by using a model biotin-avidin bioassay. While the identical room temperature bioassay (without microwave heating) took 70 min to complete, the identical bioassay took less than 2 min to complete by using SRR structures (with microwave heating). A lower detection limit of 0.01 nM for biotinylated-bovine serum albumin (100-fold lower than the room temperature bioassay) was observed by using SRR structures. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3484958]

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