Issue 10, 2019

Condensing-enriched magnetic photonic barcodes on superhydrophobic surface for ultrasensitive multiple detection

Abstract

The ultrasensitive detection of multiple nucleic acids has great significance in a broad range of medical fields since nucleic acid samples are usually of small volumes and highly diluted. Herein, we present a novel magnetic photonic crystal (PhC) barcode-integrated condensing-enriched superhydrophobic platform for the ultrasensitive multiple miRNA detection. Droplets containing targets could suck the hydrogel PhC barcodes without losing their targets due to the difference in wettability between the hydrophilic PhC barcodes and hydrophobic substrate. During the evaporation of water from the droplet microreactors, these targets could be effectively enriched in the barcodes for achieving higher sensitivities. As the encoding signals of the PhC barcodes are the characteristic reflection peaks generated by their ordered physical nanostructures, the barcodes are stable and free from any fluorescent background and photobleaching; thus, they are accurate for distinguishing different targets. In addition, with the integration of magnetic nanoparticles into the hydrogel PhC barcodes, they could be imparted with the features of immobilization during change of medium and flexible movement for controlling the reaction, both of which could facilitate the detection processes. Based on this platform, we have demonstrated that the detection limit of multiple miRNAs is improved by about three orders. Thus, our platform is an ideal alternative for the ultrasensitive simultaneous multiplex analysis in medical fields.

Graphical abstract: Condensing-enriched magnetic photonic barcodes on superhydrophobic surface for ultrasensitive multiple detection

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 mar 2019
Accepted
11 apr 2019
First published
29 apr 2019

Lab Chip, 2019,19, 1783-1789

Condensing-enriched magnetic photonic barcodes on superhydrophobic surface for ultrasensitive multiple detection

L. Cai, F. Bian, L. Sun, H. Wang and Y. Zhao, Lab Chip, 2019, 19, 1783 DOI: 10.1039/C9LC00223E

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