Optimisation and characterisation of anti-fouling ternary SAM layers for impedance-based aptasensors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 25015-25032

  Miodek, Anna ^a   Regan, Edward M ^a,c   Bhalla, Nikhil ^a   Hopkins, Neal A E ^b   Goodchild, Sarah A ^b   Estrela, Pedro ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Clarity BioSolutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Biosensor; DNA aptamers; Electrochemical detection; Screen printed electrodes; Self assembled monolayers; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

BINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSORS; BODY FLUIDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ENZYMES; FOULING; MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

ANTIFOULING; DNA APTAMERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; SCREEN PRINTED ELECTRODES; THROMBIN;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

1,6-HEXANEDITHIOL; 1-HEXANOL; APTAMER; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HEXANOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THROMBIN;

BIOFOULING; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BIOFOULING; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; HEXANOLS; HUMANS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THROMBIN;

EID: 84942927794     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s151025015     Document Type: Article

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