Femtosecond-Pulsed laser written and etched fiber bragg gratings for fiber-optical biosensing
- We present the development of a label-free, highly sensitive fiber-optical biosensor for online detection and quantification of biomolecules. Here, the advantages of etched fiber Bragg gratings (eFBG) were used, since they induce a narrowband Bragg wavelength peak in the reflection operation mode. The gratings were fabricated point-by-point via a nonlinear absorption process of a highly focused femtosecond-pulsed laser, without the need of prior coating removal or specific fiber doping. The sensitivity of the Bragg wavelength peak to the surrounding refractive index (SRI), as needed for biochemical sensing, was realized by fiber cladding removal using hydrofluoric acid etching. For evaluation of biosensing capabilities, eFBG fibers were biofunctionalized with a single-stranded DNA aptamer specific for binding the C-reactive protein (CRP). Thus, the CRP-sensitive eFBG fiber-optical biosensor showed a very low limit of detection of 0.82 pg/L, with a dynamic range of CRP detection from approximately 0.8 pg/L to 1.2 mu g/L. The biosensorWe present the development of a label-free, highly sensitive fiber-optical biosensor for online detection and quantification of biomolecules. Here, the advantages of etched fiber Bragg gratings (eFBG) were used, since they induce a narrowband Bragg wavelength peak in the reflection operation mode. The gratings were fabricated point-by-point via a nonlinear absorption process of a highly focused femtosecond-pulsed laser, without the need of prior coating removal or specific fiber doping. The sensitivity of the Bragg wavelength peak to the surrounding refractive index (SRI), as needed for biochemical sensing, was realized by fiber cladding removal using hydrofluoric acid etching. For evaluation of biosensing capabilities, eFBG fibers were biofunctionalized with a single-stranded DNA aptamer specific for binding the C-reactive protein (CRP). Thus, the CRP-sensitive eFBG fiber-optical biosensor showed a very low limit of detection of 0.82 pg/L, with a dynamic range of CRP detection from approximately 0.8 pg/L to 1.2 mu g/L. The biosensor showed a high specificity to CRP even in the presence of interfering substances. These results suggest that the proposed biosensor is capable for quantification of CRP from trace amounts of clinical samples. In addition, the adaption of this eFBG fiber-optical biosensor for detection of other relevant analytes can be easily realized.…
Verfasserangaben: | Sven SchulzeORCiD, Michel Wehrhold, Carsten HilleORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/s18092844 |
ISSN: | 1424-8220 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30154380 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Sensors |
Verlag: | MDPI |
Verlagsort: | Basel |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 06.10.2021 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | C-reactive protein; aptamers; biomarker; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber etching; fiber-optical sensors; nanostructure fabrication; ultra-fast laser inscription |
Band: | 18 |
Ausgabe: | 9 |
Seitenanzahl: | 20 |
Fördernde Institution: | Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBFFederal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF) [InnoProfile-Transfer: 03IPT517Y]; University of Potsdam; German Research Foundation DFGGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [GSC 1013: SALSA] |
Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
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Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |