Abstract
We present fluoroimmunoassays on plain metal-coated surfaces (metal mirrors) enhanced by metal nanoparticles (silver island films [SIFs]). Metal mirrors (aluminum, gold, or silver protected with a thin silica layer) were coated with SIFs, and an immunoassay (model assay for rabbit immunoglobulin G or myoglobin immunoassay) was performed on this surface using fluorescently labeled antibodies. Our results showed that SIFs alone (on glass surface not coated with metal) enhance the immunoassay signal approximately 3- to 10-fold. Using a metal mirror instead of glass as support for SIFs results in up to 50-fold signal enhancement.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 239-245 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Analytical Biochemistry |
| Volume | 363 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- fluorescence immunoassay
- metal-enhanced fluorescence
- plasmonics
- nano-size metal particles
- silver island films
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