کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
869429 909830 2007 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Microresonator mass sensors for detection of Bacillus anthracis Sterne spores in air and water
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی شیمی آنالیزی یا شیمی تجزیه
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Microresonator mass sensors for detection of Bacillus anthracis Sterne spores in air and water
چکیده انگلیسی

Towards the goal of developing a real-time monitoring device for microorganisms, we demonstrate the use of microcantilevers as resonant mass sensors for detection of Bacillus anthracis Sterne spores in air and liquid. The detection scheme was based on measuring resonant frequency decrease driven by thermally induced oscillations, as a result of the added mass of the spores with the use of a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV). Viscous effects were investigated by comparing measurements in air and deionized (DI) water along with theoretical values. Moreover, biological experiments were performed which involved suspending spores onto the cantilevers and performing mass detection in air and water. For detection of spores in water, the cantilevers were functionalized with antibodies in order to fix the spores onto the surface. We demonstrate that as few as 50 spores on the cantilever can be detected in water using the thermal noise as excitation source. Measurement sensitivity of 9.23 Hz/fg for air and 0.1 Hz/fg for water were obtained. These measurements were compared with theoretical values and sources of improvement in cantilever sensitivity in a viscous medium were also discussed. It is expected that by driving the cantilevers and using higher order modes, detection of a single spore in liquids should be achievable.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biosensors and Bioelectronics - Volume 22, Issue 12, 15 June 2007, Pages 3028–3035
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