Ultra-high frequency piezoelectric aptasensor for the label-free detection of cocaine

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 383-392

  Neves, Miguel A D ^a   Blaszykowski, Christophe ^b   Bokhari, Sumra ^c   Thompson, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Econous Systems Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aptasensor; Biosensor; Cocaine aptamer; Electromagnetic piezoelectric acoustic sensor; Organosilane adlayer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; BINDING ENERGY; BINS; BIOSENSORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; QUARTZ;

ADLAYERS; APTAMERS; APTASENSOR; LABEL-FREE DETECTION; PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC SENSORS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COCAINE; APTAMER; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; IMMOBILIZED NUCLEIC ACID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SILANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLORIMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC SENSOR; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ACOUSTICS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACOUSTICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; IMMOBILIZED NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILANES; SOUND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84929603823     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: 18734235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.05.038     Document Type: Article

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