Quantitative control of CaCO3 growth on quartz crystal microbalance sensors as a signal amplification method

Congcong Wu; Zhaomei Sun; Li-Shang Liu

doi:10.1039/C7AN00335H

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Quantitative control of CaCO₃ growth on quartz crystal microbalance sensors as a signal amplification method†

Congcong Wu,^ab Zhaomei Sun^ab and Li-Shang Liu

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^a Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China

^b Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Detection Technology of Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
E-mail: liulishanghao@126.com

^c National Center for International Research of Biological Targeting Diagnosis and Therapy, Pharmaceutical College, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China

Abstract

The surface crystallization of CaCO₃ on gold was monitored by a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Quantitative control of the grown crystals was realized by adjusting the ratio of two functional groups, –N(CH₃)₃ and –COOH, on SAMs. Crystals with uniform size, morphology and polymorphism were obtained. The amount of crystals formed was found to increase with an increase in the –COOH group. The proposed quantitative control of crystallization can be an effective mass amplification strategy for QCM to enhance its assay sensitivity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7AN00335H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 24 Feb 2017
Accepted: 25 May 2017
First published: 25 May 2017

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Analyst, 2017,142, 2547-2551

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Quantitative control of CaCO₃ growth on quartz crystal microbalance sensors as a signal amplification method

C. Wu, Z. Sun and L. Liu, Analyst, 2017, 142, 2547 DOI: 10.1039/C7AN00335H

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