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Zhang H, Yang S, Zeng J, Li X, Chuai R. A Genosensor Based on the Modification of a Microcantilever: A Review. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:427. [PMID: 36838127 PMCID: PMC9959632 DOI: 10.3390/mi14020427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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When the free end of a microcantilever is modified by a genetic probe, this sensor can be used for a wider range of applications, such as for chemical analysis, biological testing, pharmaceutical screening, and environmental monitoring. In this paper, to clarify the preparation and detection process of a microcantilever sensor with genetic probe modification, the core procedures, such as probe immobilization, complementary hybridization, and signal extraction and processing, are combined and compared. Then, to reveal the microcantilever's detection mechanism and analysis, the influencing factors of testing results, the theoretical research, including the deflection principle, the establishment and verification of a detection model, as well as environmental influencing factors are summarized. Next, to demonstrate the application results of the genetic-probe-modified sensors, based on the classification of detection targets, the application status of other substances except nucleic acid, virus, bacteria and cells is not introduced. Finally, by enumerating the application results of a genetic-probe-modified microcantilever combined with a microfluidic chip, the future development direction of this technology is surveyed. It is hoped that this review will contribute to the future design of a genetic-probe-modified microcantilever, with further exploration of the sensitive mechanism, optimization of the design and processing methods, expansion of the application fields, and promotion of practical application.
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- He Zhang
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-024-2549-6401
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Kang D, Yu J, Xia F, Huang J, Zeng H, Tirrell M, Israelachvili J, Plaxco KW. Nanometer-Scale Force Profiles of Short Single- and Double-Stranded DNA Molecules on a Gold Surface Measured Using a Surface Forces Apparatus. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:13346-13352. [PMID: 34730362 PMCID: PMC8968159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Using a surface forces apparatus (SFA), we have studied the nanomechanical behavior of short single-stranded and partially and fully double-stranded DNA molecules attached via one end to a self-assembled monolayer on a gold surface. Our results confirm the previously proposed "mushroom-like" polymer structure for surface-attached, single-stranded DNA at low packing density and a "brush-like" structure for the same construct at higher density. At low density we observe a transition to "rigid rod" behavior upon addition of DNA complementary to the surface-attached single strand as the fraction of molecules that are double-stranded increases, with a concomitant increase in the SFA-observed thickness of the monolayer and the characteristic length of the observed repulsive forces. At higher densities, in contrast, this transition is effectively eliminated, presumably because the single-stranded state is already extended in its "brush" state. Taken together, these studies offer insights into the structure and physics of surface-attached short DNAs, providing new guidance for the rational design of DNA-modified functional surfaces.
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- Di Kang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798 Singapore
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2V4, Canada
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
- Center for Molecular Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Zhao Y, Gosai A, Kang K, Shrotriya P. Multiscale Modeling Reveals the Cause of Surface Stress Change on Microcantilevers Due to Alkanethiol SAM Adsorption. J Chem Inf Model 2020; 60:2998-3008. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yue Zhao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Basu AK, Basu A, Bhattacharya S. Micro/Nano fabricated cantilever based biosensor platform: A review and recent progress. Enzyme Microb Technol 2020; 139:109558. [PMID: 32732024 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2020.109558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recent trends in biosensing research have motivated scientists and research professionals to investigate the development of miniaturized bioanalytical devices to make them portable, label-free and smaller in size. The performance of the cantilever-based devices which is one of the very important domains of sensitive field level detection has improved significantly with the development of new micro/nanofabrication technologies and surface functionalization techniques. The cantilevers have scaled down to Nano from micro-level and have become exceptionally sensitive and also have some anomalous associated properties due to the scale. In this review we have discussed about fundamental principles of cantilever operation, detection methods, and previous, present and future approaches of study through cantilever-based sensing platform. Other than that, we have also discussed the past major bio-sensing efforts through micro/nano cantilevers and about recent progress in the field.
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- Aviru Kumar Basu
- Design Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208016, India; Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208016, India; Singapore University of Technology and Design, 487372 Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, St. John's University, New York, N.Y 11439, USA
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- Design Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208016, India; Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208016, India.
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Wu J, Zhang Y, Zhang N. Anomalous Elastic Properties of Attraction-Dominated DNA Self-Assembled 2D Films and the Resultant Dynamic Biodetection Signals of Microbeam Sensors. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 9:E543. [PMID: 30987225 PMCID: PMC6523535 DOI: 10.3390/nano9040543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The condensation of DNA helices has been regularly found in cell nucleus, bacterial nucleoids, and viral capsids, and during its relevant biodetections the attractive interactions between DNA helices could not be neglected. In this letter, we theoretically characterize the elastic properties of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) self-assembled 2D films and their multiscale correlations with the dynamic detection signals of DNA-microbeams. The comparison of attraction- and repulsion-dominated DNA films shows that the competition between attractive and repulsive micro-interactions endows dsDNA films in multivalent salt solutions with anomalous elastic properties such as tensile surface stresses and negative moduli; the occurrence of the tensile surface stress for the attraction-dominated DNA self-assembled film reveals the possible physical mechanism of the condensation found in organism. Furthermore, dynamic analyses of a hinged-hinged DNA-microbeam reveal non-monotonous frequency shifts due to attraction- or repulsion-dominated dsDNA adsorptions and dynamic instability occurrence during the detections of repulsion-dominated DNA films. This dynamic instability implies the existence of a sensitive interval of material parameters in which DNA adsorptions will induce a drastic natural frequency shift or a jump of vibration mode even with a tiny variation of the detection conditions. These new insights might provide us some potential guidance to achieve an ultra-highly sensitive biodetection method in the future.
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- Junzheng Wu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China.
- Department of Mechanics, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Tan ZQ, Chen YC, Zhang NH. Theoretical Analysis for Bending of Single-Stranded DNA Adsorption on Microcantilever Sensors. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18092812. [PMID: 30149675 PMCID: PMC6163529 DOI: 10.3390/s18092812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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An energy-based model is presented to establish the bending deformation of microcantilever beams induced by single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) adsorption. The total free energy of the DNA-microcantilever sensor was obtained by considering the excluded-volume energy and the polymer stretching energy of DNA chains from mean-field theory, and the mechanical energy of three non-biological layers. The radius of curvature and deflection of the cantilever were determined through the minimum principle of energy. The efficiency of the present model was confirmed through comparison with experimental data. The effects of length, grafting density, salt concentration, thickness, and elastic modulus of substrate on tip deflections are also discussed in this paper. These factors can significantly affect the deflections of the biosensor. This work demonstrates that it is useful to develop a theoretical model for the label-free nanomechanical detection technique.
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- Zou-Qing Tan
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China.
- Department of Mechanics, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Zhou MH, Meng WL, Zhang CY, Li XB, Wu JZ, Zhang NH. The pH-dependent elastic properties of nanoscale DNA films and the resultant bending signals for microcantilever biosensors. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:3028-3039. [PMID: 29637943 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01883e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The diverse mechanical properties of nanoscale DNA films on solid substrates have a close correlation with complex detection signals of micro-/nano-devices. This paper is devoted to formulating several multiscale models to study the effect of pH-dependent ionic inhomogeneity on the graded elastic properties of nanoscale DNA films and the resultant bending deflections of microcantilever biosensors. First, a modified inverse Debye length is introduced to improve the classical Poisson-Boltzmann equation for the electrical potential of DNA films to consider the inhomogeneous effect of hydrogen ions. Second, the graded characteristics of the particle distribution are taken into consideration for an improvement in Parsegian's mesoscopic potential for both attraction-dominated and repulsion-dominated films. Third, by the improved interchain interaction potential and the thought experiment about the compression of a macroscopic continuum DNA bar, we investigate the diversity of the elastic properties of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) films due to pH variations. The relevant theoretical predictions quantitatively or qualitatively agree well with the relevant DNA experiments on the electrical potential, film thickness, condensation force, elastic modulus, and microcantilever deflections. The competition between attraction and repulsion among the fixed charges and the free ions endows the DNA film with mechanical properties such as a remarkable size effect and a non-monotonic behavior, and a negative elastic modulus is first revealed in the attraction-dominated ssDNA film. There exists a transition between the pH-sensitive parameter interval and the pH-insensitive one for the bending signals of microcantilevers, which is predominated by the initial stress effect in the DNA film.
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- Mei-Hong Zhou
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
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Lee JH, Warner CM, Jin HE, Barnes E, Poda AR, Perkins EJ, Lee SW. Production of tunable nanomaterials using hierarchically assembled bacteriophages. Nat Protoc 2017; 12:1999-2013. [DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2017.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Zhang NH, Wu JZ, Meng WL, Tan ZQ. Effect of surface charge state on the surface stress of a microcantilever. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 27:144001. [PMID: 26916422 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/14/144001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The surface charge state at a liquid-solid interface is important to the variations in the physical/chemical properties of adsorbate film such as surface stress and the ensuing tip deflection of the microcantilever. The well-known Stoney's equation, derived more than 100 years ago, conceals the film electrical properties with the replacement of substrate deformation induced by adsorptions of particles. This implicit expression provides a shortcut to circumvent the difficulty in identifying some film properties, however, it limits the capacity to ascertain the relation between surface stress variation and the surface charge state. In this paper, we present an analytical expression to quantify the cantilever deflection/surface stress and the film potential difference by combining the piezoelectric theory and Poisson-Boltzmann equation for electrolyte solution. This updated version indicates that the two linear correlations between surface stress and surface charge density or the bias voltage are not contradictory, but two aspects of one thing under different conditions. Based on Parsegian's mesoscopic interaction potential, a multiscale prediction for the piezoelectric coefficient of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) film is done, and the results show that the distinctive size effect with variations in salt concentration and nucleotide number provides us with an opportunity to obtain a more sensitive potential-actuated microcantilever sensor by careful control of packing conditions.
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- Neng-Hui Zhang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, People's Republic of China. Department of Mechanics, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, People's Republic of China
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Fedala Y, Munteanu S, Kanoufi F, Tessier G, Roger JP, Wu C, Amiot F. Calibration procedures for quantitative multiple wavelengths reflectance microscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:013702. [PMID: 26827323 DOI: 10.1063/1.4939253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In order to characterize surface chemo-mechanical phenomena driving micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMSs) behavior, it has been previously proposed to use reflected intensity fields obtained from a standard microscope for different illumination wavelengths. Wavelength-dependent and -independent reflectivity fields are obtained from these images, provided the relative reflectance sensitivities ratio can be identified. This contribution focuses on the necessary calibration procedures and mathematical methods allowing for a quantitative conversion from a mechanically induced reflectivity field to a surface rotation field, therefore paving the way for a quantitative mechanical analysis of MEMS under chemical loading.
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- Yasmina Fedala
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech/CNRS-UMR 7587, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- PECSA, ESPCI ParisTech/CNRS-UMR 7195, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- PECSA, ESPCI ParisTech/CNRS-UMR 7195, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech/CNRS-UMR 7587, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech/CNRS-UMR 7587, 1 rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- FEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS-UMR 6174/UBFC/ENSMM/UTBM, 24 chemin de l'Épitaphe, F-25030 Besançon, France
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- FEMTO-ST Institute, CNRS-UMR 6174/UBFC/ENSMM/UTBM, 24 chemin de l'Épitaphe, F-25030 Besançon, France
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Crowding-induced cooperativity in DNA surface hybridization. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9217. [PMID: 25875056 PMCID: PMC5381746 DOI: 10.1038/srep09217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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High density DNA brush is not only used to model cellular crowding, but also has a wide application in DNA-functionalized materials. Experiments have shown complicated cooperative hybridization/melting phenomena in these systems, raising the question that how molecular crowding influences DNA hybridization. In this work, a theoretical modeling including all possible inter and intramolecular interactions, as well as molecular details for different species, is proposed. We find that molecular crowding can lead to two distinct cooperative behaviours: negatively cooperative hybridization marked by a broader transition width, and positively cooperative hybridization with a sharper transition, well reconciling the experimental findings. Moreover, a phase transition as a result of positive cooperativity is also found. Our study provides new insights in crowding and compartmentation in cell, and has the potential value in controlling surface morphologies of DNA functionalized nano-particles.
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Influence of disordered packing pattern on elastic modulus of single-stranded DNA film on substrate. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2015; 14:1157-65. [PMID: 25749909 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-015-0661-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Determining mechanical properties of single-stranded DNA film grafted on gold surface is critical for analysis and design of DNA-microcantilever biosensors. However, it remains an open issue to quantify the relations among the disordered packing patterns of DNA chains, the mechanical properties of DNA film and the resultant biodetection signals. In this paper, first, the bending experiment of microcantilever is carried out to provide the basic data for a refined multi-scale model of microcantilever deflection induced by ssDNA immobilization. In the model, the complicated interactions in DNA film (consisting of DNA, water molecules and salt ions) are simplified as effective interactions among coarse-grained soft cylinders, which can reveal the varieties of DNA structure in the circumstances of different lengths and salt concentrations; Ohshima's distribution of net charge density is employed to incorporate compositional variations of salt ions along the thickness direction into the Strey's mesoscopic empirical potential on molecular interactions in DNA solutions, and the related model parameters for ssDNA film on substrate are obtained from the curve fitting with our microcantilever bending experiment. Second, the effect of nanoscopic distribution of DNA chains on elastic modulus of ssDNA film is studied by a thought experiment of uniaxial compression, and the disordered patterns of DNA chains are generated by Monte Carlo method. Simulation results point out that nanoscale ssDNA film shows size effect, gradient and diversity in elastic modulus and can achieve maximum stiffness by preferring a disordered and energetically favorable packing pattern collectively induced by electrostatic force, hydration force and configurational entropy.
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Domínguez CM, Kosaka PM, Sotillo A, Mingorance J, Tamayo J, Calleja M. Label-Free DNA-Based Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance through Hydration Induced Stress in Microcantilevers. Anal Chem 2015; 87:1494-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ac504523f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Carmen M. Domínguez
- IMM-Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (CNM-CSIC), Isaac Newton 8, PTM, E-28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- IMM-Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (CNM-CSIC), Isaac Newton 8, PTM, E-28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio
de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Paseo de la Castellana,
261, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio
de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Paseo de la Castellana,
261, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- IMM-Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (CNM-CSIC), Isaac Newton 8, PTM, E-28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- IMM-Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid (CNM-CSIC), Isaac Newton 8, PTM, E-28760 Tres
Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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Domínguez CM, Kosaka PM, Mokry G, Pini V, Malvar O, del Rey M, Ramos D, San Paulo A, Tamayo J, Calleja M. Hydration induced stress on DNA monolayers grafted on microcantilevers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:10962-10969. [PMID: 25148575 DOI: 10.1021/la501865h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Surface tethered single-stranded DNA films are relevant biorecognition layers for oligonucleotide sequence identification. Also, hydration induced effects on these films have proven useful for the nanomechanical detection of DNA hybridization. Here, we apply nanomechanical sensors and atomic force microscopy to characterize in air and upon varying relative humidity conditions the swelling and deswelling of grafted single stranded and double stranded DNA films. The combination of these techniques validates a two-step hybridization process, where complementary strands first bind to the surface tethered single stranded DNA probes and then slowly proceed to a fully zipped configuration. Our results also demonstrate that, despite the slow hybridization kinetics observed for grafted DNA onto microcantilever surfaces, ex situ sequence identification does not require hybridization times typically longer than 1 h, while quantification is a major challenge.
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- Carmen M Domínguez
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, IMM-CNM (CSIC), 28760 Tres Cantos, Spain
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Lim YC, Kouzani AZ, Kaynak A, Dai XJ, Littlefair G, Duan W. Theoretical modeling and experimental validation of surface stress in thrombin aptasensor. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2014; 13:384-91. [PMID: 25122838 DOI: 10.1109/tnb.2014.2337517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Adsorption of target molecules on the immobilized microcantilever surface produced beam displacement due to the differential surface stress generated between the immobilized and non-immobilized surface. Surface stress is caused by the intermolecular forces between the molecules. Van der Waals, electrostatic forces, hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic effect and steric hindrance are some of the intermolecular forces involved. A theoretical framework describing the adsorption-induced microcantilever displacement is derived in this paper. Experimental displacement of thrombin aptamer-thrombin interactions was carried out. The relation between the electrostatic interactions involved between adsorbates (thrombin) as well as adsorbates and substrates (thrombin aptamer) and the microcantilever beam displacement utilizing the proposed mathematical model was quantified and compared to the experimental value. This exercise is important to aid the designers in microcantilever sensing performance optimization.
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Shen J, Li Y, Gu H, Xia F, Zuo X. Recent development of sandwich assay based on the nanobiotechnologies for proteins, nucleic acids, small molecules, and ions. Chem Rev 2014; 114:7631-77. [PMID: 25115973 DOI: 10.1021/cr300248x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Juwen Shen
- Key Laboratory for Large-Format Battery Materials and System, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) , Wuhan 430074, China
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Tamayo J, Kosaka PM, Ruz JJ, San Paulo Á, Calleja M. Biosensors based on nanomechanical systems. Chem Soc Rev 2013; 42:1287-311. [PMID: 23152052 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35293a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The advances in micro- and nanofabrication technologies enable the preparation of increasingly smaller mechanical transducers capable of detecting the forces, motion, mechanical properties and masses that emerge in biomolecular interactions and fundamental biological processes. Thus, biosensors based on nanomechanical systems have gained considerable relevance in the last decade. This review provides insight into the mechanical phenomena that occur in suspended mechanical structures when either biological adsorption or interactions take place on their surface. This review guides the reader through the parameters that change as a consequence of biomolecular adsorption: mass, surface stress, effective Young's modulus and viscoelasticity. The mathematical background needed to correctly interpret the output signals from nanomechanical biosensors is also outlined here. Other practical issues reviewed are the immobilization of biomolecular receptors on the surface of nanomechanical systems and methods to attain that in large arrays of sensors. We then describe some relevant realizations of biosensor devices based on nanomechanical systems that harness some of the mechanical effects cited above. We finally discuss the intrinsic detection limits of the devices and the limitation that arises from non-specific adsorption.
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- Javier Tamayo
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, CSIC, Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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Zhang NH, Meng WL, Tan ZQ. A multi-scale model for the analysis of the inhomogeneity of elastic properties of DNA biofilm on microcantilevers. Biomaterials 2013; 34:1833-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Research Progress in Application of Nanomaterial for Deoxyribonucleic Acid Detection. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2012. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1096.2011.00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Federici S, Oliviero G, Maiolo D, Depero LE, Colombo I, Bergese P. On the thermodynamics of biomolecule surface transformations. J Colloid Interface Sci 2012; 375:1-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cagliani A, Kosaka P, Tamayo J, Davis ZJ. Monitoring the hydration of DNA self-assembled monolayers using an extensional nanomechanical resonator. LAB ON A CHIP 2012; 12:2069-2073. [PMID: 22511031 DOI: 10.1039/c2lc40047b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We have fabricated an ultrasensitive nanomechanical resonator based on the extensional vibration mode to weigh the adsorbed water on self-assembled monolayers of DNA as a function of the relative humidity. The water adsorption isotherms provide the number of adsorbed water molecules per nucleotide for monolayers of single stranded (ss) DNA and after hybridization with the complementary DNA strand. Our results differ from previous data obtained with bulk samples, showing the genuine behavior of these self-assembled monolayers. The hybridization cannot be inferred from the water adsorption isotherms due to the low hybridization efficiency of these highly packed monolayers. Strikingly, we efficiently detect the hybridization by measuring the thermal desorption of water at constant relativity humidity. This finding adds a new nanomechanical tool for developing a label-free nucleic acid sensor based on the interaction between water and self-assembled monolayers of nucleic acids.
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Kang K, Sachan A, Nilsen-Hamilton M, Shrotriya P. Aptamer functionalized microcantilever sensors for cocaine detection. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:14696-14702. [PMID: 21875108 DOI: 10.1021/la202067y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A cocaine-specific aptamer was used as a receptor molecule in a microcantilever-based surface stress sensor for detection of cocaine molecules. An interferometric technique that relies on measuring differential displacement between two microcantilevers (a sensing/reference pair) was utilized to measure the cocaine/aptamer binding induced surface stress changes. Sensing experiments were performed for different concentrations of cocaine from 25 to 500 μM in order to determine the sensor response as a function of cocaine concentration. In the lower concentration range from 25 to 100 μM, surface stress values increased proportionally to coverage of aptamer/cocaine complexes from 11 to 26 mN/m. However, as the cocaine concentration was increased beyond 100 μM, the surface stress values demonstrated a weaker dependence on the affinity complex surface coverage. On the basis of a sensitivity of 3 mN/m for the surface stress measurement, the lowest detectable threshold for the cocaine concentration is estimated to be 5 μM. Sensing cantilevers could be regenerated and reused because of reversible thermal denaturation of aptamer.
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- Kyungho Kang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Liu Y, Irving D, Qiao W, Ge D, Levicky R. Kinetic mechanisms in morpholino-DNA surface hybridization. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:11588-96. [PMID: 21699181 PMCID: PMC3148943 DOI: 10.1021/ja202631b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Morpholinos (MOs) are DNA analogues whose uncharged nature can bring fundamental advantages to surface hybridization technologies such as DNA microarrays, by using MOs as the immobilized, or "probe", species. Advancement of MO-based diagnostics, however, is challenged by limited understanding of the surface organization of MO molecules and of how this organization impacts hybridization kinetics and thermodynamics. The present study focuses on hybridization kinetics between monolayers of MO probes and DNA targets as a function of the instantaneous extent of hybridization (i.e., duplex coverage), total probe coverage, and ionic strength. Intriguingly, these experiments reveal distinct kinetic stages, none of which are consistent with Langmuir kinetics. The initial stage, in which duplex coverage remains relatively sparse, indicates confluence of two effects: blockage of target access to unhybridized probes by previously formed duplexes and deactivation of the solid support due to consumption of probe molecules. This interpretation is consistent with a surface organization in which unhybridized MO probes localize near the solid support, underneath a layer of MO-DNA duplexes. As duplex coverage builds, provided saturation is not reached first, the initial stage can transition to an unusual regime characterized by near independence of hybridization rate on duplex coverage, followed by a prolonged approach to equilibrium. The possible origins of these more complex latter behaviors are discussed. Comparison with published data for DNA and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes is carried out to look for universal trends in kinetics. This comparison reveals qualitative similarities when comparable surface organization of probes is expected. In addition, MO monolayers are found capable of a broad range of reactivities that span reported values for PNA and DNA probes.
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- Yatao Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 6 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA
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Tsouti V, Boutopoulos C, Zergioti I, Chatzandroulis S. Capacitive microsystems for biological sensing. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 27:1-11. [PMID: 21752630 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 05/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The growing interest in personalized medicine leads to the need for fast, cheap and portable devices that reveal the genetic profile easily and accurately. To this direction, several ideas to avoid the classical methods of diagnosis and treatment through miniaturized and label-free systems have emerged. Capacitive biosensors address these requirements and thus have the perspective to be used in advanced diagnostic devices that promise early detection of potential fatal conditions. The operation principles, as well as the design and fabrication of several capacitive microsystems for the detection of biomolecular interactions are presented in this review. These systems are micro-membranes based on surface stress changes, interdigitated micro-electrodes and electrode-solution interfaces. Their applications extend to DNA hybridization, protein-ligand binding, antigen-antibody binding, etc. Finally, the limitations and prospects of capacitive microsystems in biological applications are discussed.
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- V Tsouti
- Institute of Microelectronics, NCSR Demokritos, Terma Patriarchou Grigoriou, Agia Paraskevi 15310, Greece.
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Liu KW, Biswal SL. Probing Insertion and Solubilization Effects of Lysolipids on Supported Lipid Bilayers Using Microcantilevers. Anal Chem 2011; 83:4794-801. [DOI: 10.1021/ac200401n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kai-Wei Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Oliviero G, Federici S, Colombi P, Bergese P. On the difference of equilibrium constants of DNA hybridization in bulk solution and at the solid-solution interface. J Mol Recognit 2011; 24:182-7. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Garraud N, Fedala Y, Kanoufi F, Tessier G, Roger JP, Amiot F. Multiple wavelength reflectance microscopy to study the multiphysical behavior of microelectromechanical systems. OPTICS LETTERS 2011; 36:594-596. [PMID: 21326467 DOI: 10.1364/ol.36.000594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In order to characterize surface chemomechanical phenomena driving microelectromechanical systems behavior, we propose herein a method to simultaneously obtain a full kinematic field describing the surface displacement and a map of its chemical modification from optical measurements. Using a microscope, reflected intensity fields are recorded for two different illumination wavelengths. Decoupling the wavelength-independent and -dependent contributions to the measured relative intensity changes then yields the sought fields. This method is applied to the investigation of the electroelastic coupling, providing images of both the local surface electrical charge density and the device deformation field.
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- N Garraud
- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech/CNRS-UMR 7587, Paris, France
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HONG M, ZHU J, YIN HD. Research Progress in Application of Nanomaterials for Deoxyribonucleic Acid Detection. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(10)60412-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gorelkin PV, Kiselev GA, Mukhin DS, Kim TS, Kim SK, Lee SM, Yaminskii IV. Use of biospecific reactions for the design of high-sensitivity biosensors based on nanomechanical cantilever systems. POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES A 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s0965545x10100044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhang NH, Chen JZ, Li JJ, Tan ZQ. Mechanical properties of DNA biofilms adsorbed on microcantilevers in label-free biodetections. Biomaterials 2010; 31:6659-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Liu KW, Biswal SL. Using Microcantilevers to Study the Interactions of Lipid Bilayers with Solid Surfaces. Anal Chem 2010; 82:7527-32. [DOI: 10.1021/ac100083v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kai-Wei Liu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005
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Gong P, Wang K, Liu Y, Shepard K, Levicky R. Molecular mechanisms in morpholino-DNA surface hybridization. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:9663-71. [PMID: 20572663 PMCID: PMC2920048 DOI: 10.1021/ja100881a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Synthetic nucleic acid mimics provide opportunity for redesigning the specificity and affinity of hybridization with natural DNA or RNA. Such redesign is of great interest for diagnostic applications where it can enhance the desired signal against a background of competing interactions. This report compares hybridization of DNA analyte strands with morpholinos (MOs), which are uncharged nucleic acid mimics, to the corresponding DNA-DNA case in solution and on surfaces. In solution, MO-DNA hybridization is found to be independent of counterion concentration, in contrast to DNA-DNA hybridization. On surfaces, when immobilized MO or DNA "probe" strands hybridize with complementary DNA "targets" from solution, both the MO-DNA and DNA-DNA processes depend on ionic strength but exhibit qualitatively different behaviors. At lower ionic strengths, MO-DNA surface hybridization exhibits hallmarks of kinetic limitations when separation between hybridized probe sites becomes comparable to target dimensions, whereas extents of DNA-DNA surface hybridization are instead consistent with limits imposed by buildup of surface (Donnan) potential. The two processes also fundamentally differ at high ionic strength, under conditions when electrostatic effects are weak. Here, variations in probe coverage have a much diminished impact on MO-DNA than on DNA-DNA hybridization for similarly crowded surface conditions. These various observations agree with a structural model of MO monolayers in which MO-DNA duplexes segregate to the buffer interface while unhybridized probes localize near the solid support. A general perspective is presented on using uncharged DNA analogues, which also include compounds such as peptide nucleic acids (PNA), in surface hybridization applications.
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- Ping Gong
- Seventh Sense Biosystems Inc., 101 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
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Nanomechanical behaviors of microcantilever-based single-stranded DNA chips induced by counterion osmotic effects. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2010; 10:229-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0229-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Godin M, Tabard-Cossa V, Miyahara Y, Monga T, Williams PJ, Beaulieu LY, Bruce Lennox R, Grutter P. Cantilever-based sensing: the origin of surface stress and optimization strategies. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 21:75501. [PMID: 20081290 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/7/075501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Many interactions drive the adsorption of molecules on surfaces, all of which can result in a measurable change in surface stress. This article compares the contributions of various possible interactions to the overall induced surface stress for cantilever-based sensing applications. The surface stress resulting from adsorption-induced changes in the electronic density of the underlying surface is up to 2-4 orders of magnitude larger than that resulting from intermolecular electrostatic or Lennard-Jones interactions. We reveal that the surface stress associated with the formation of high quality alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on gold surfaces is independent of the molecular chain length, supporting our theoretical findings. This provides a foundation for the development of new strategies for increasing the sensitivity of cantilever-based sensors for various applications.
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- Michel Godin
- Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada.
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Microfabricated cantilever sensors have attracted much interest in recent years as devices for the fast and reliable detection of small concentrations of molecules in air and solution. In addition to application of such sensors for gas and chemical-vapor sensing, for example as an artificial nose, they have also been employed to measure physical properties of tiny amounts of materials in miniaturized versions of conventional standard techniques such as calorimetry, thermogravimetry, weighing, photothermal spectroscopy, as well as for monitoring chemical reactions such as catalysis on small surfaces. In the past few years, the cantilever-sensor concept has been extended to biochemical applications and as an analytical device for measurements of biomaterials. Because of the label-free detection principle of cantilever sensors, their small size and scalability, this kind of device is advantageous for diagnostic applications and disease monitoring, as well as for genomics or proteomics purposes. The use of microcantilever arrays enables detection of several analytes simultaneously and solves the inherent problem of thermal drift often present when using single microcantilever sensors, as some of the cantilevers can be used as sensor cantilevers for detection, and other cantilevers serve as passivated reference cantilevers that do not exhibit affinity to the molecules to be detected.
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- Bharat Bhushan
- Ohio State University, Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2), 201 W. 19th Avenue, 43210-1142 Columbus, OH USA
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Arroyo-Hernández M, Tamayo J, Costa-Krämer JL. Stress and DNA assembly differences on cantilevers gold coated by resistive and e-beam evaporation techniques. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:10633-10638. [PMID: 19694416 DOI: 10.1021/la900696f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Changes in the sign of differential surface stress of gold-coated cantilevers produced by thiol-derivatized single-stranded DNA immobilization are observed, depending on the method used to deposit the gold. While the DNA immobilization on e-beam gold-coated cantilevers produces a compressive differential surface stress in the metallic layer, the opposite is observed for resistively coated cantilevers under the same immobilization conditions. The gold films exhibit quite a similar morphology, and the immobilization differences seem to be related to the charge state of the metallic layer surface. This in turn produces a different distribution of the orientation of the DNA strands on the gold layer. A tentative explanation for the observed effect is proposed.
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- M Arroyo-Hernández
- Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, IMM-CNM-CSIC, Isaac Newton 8, PTM, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain.
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Zhang NH, Chen JZ. Mechanical properties of double-stranded DNA biolayers immobilized on microcantilever under axial compression. J Biomech 2009; 42:1483-1487. [PMID: 19500790 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2008] [Revised: 11/22/2008] [Accepted: 03/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Neng-Hui Zhang
- Department of Mechanics, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China; Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China.
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
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Norman LL, Badia A. Redox actuation of a microcantilever driven by a self-assembled ferrocenylundecanethiolate monolayer: an investigation of the origin of the micromechanical motion and surface stress. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:2328-37. [PMID: 19166296 DOI: 10.1021/ja808400s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The electrochemically induced motion of free-standing microcantilevers is attracting interest as micro/nanoactuators and robotic devices. The development and implementation of these cantilever-based actuating technologies requires a molecular-level understanding of the origin of the surface stress that causes the cantilever to bend. Here, we report a detailed study of the electroactuation dynamics of gold-coated microcantilevers modified with a model, redox-active ferrocenylundecanethiolate self-assembled monolayer (FcC(11)SAu SAM). The microcantilever transducer enabled the observation of the redox transformation of the surface-confined ferrocene. Oxidation of the FcC(11)SAu SAM in perchlorate electrolyte generated a compressive surface stress change of -0.20 +/- 0.04 N m(-1), and cantilever deflections ranging from approximately 0.8 microm to approximately 60 nm for spring constants between approximately 0.01 and approximately 0.8 N m(-1). A comparison of the charge-normalized surface stress of the FcC(11)SAu cantilever with values published for the electrochemical oxidation of polyaniline- and polypyrrole-coated cantilevers reveals a striking 10- to 100-fold greater stress for the monomolecular FcC(11)SAu system compared to the conducting polymer multilayers used for electroactuation. The larger stress change observed for the FcC(11)SAu microcantilever is attributable to steric constraints in the close-packed FcC(11)SAu SAM and an efficient coupling between the chemisorbed FcC(11)S- monolayer and the Au-coated microcantilever transducer (vs physisorbed conducting polymers). The microcantilever deflection vs quantity of electrogenerated ferrocenium obtained in cyclic voltammetry and potential step/hold experiments, as well as the surface stress changes obtained for mixed FcC(11)S-/C(11)SAu SAMs containing different populations of clustered vs isolated ferrocenes, have permitted us to establish the molecular basis of stress generation. Our results strongly suggest that the redox-induced deflection of a FcC(11)SAu microcantilever is caused by a monolayer volume expansion resulting from collective reorientational motions induced by the complexation of perchlorate ions to the surface-immobilized ferroceniums. The cantilever responds to the lateral pressure exerted by an ensemble of reorienting ferrocenium-bearing alkylthiolates upon each other rather than individual anion pairing events. This finding has general implications for using SAM-modified microcantilevers as (bio)sensors because it indicates that the cantilever responds to collective in-plane molecular interactions rather than reporting individual (bio)chemical events.
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- Lana L Norman
- FQRNT Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe, and Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada
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Ramos D, Arroyo-Hernández M, Gil-Santos E, Duy Tong H, Van Rijn C, Calleja M, Tamayo J. Arrays of Dual Nanomechanical Resonators for Selective Biological Detection. Anal Chem 2009; 81:2274-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ac8024152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Daniel Ramos
- Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (IMM-CNM, CSIC), Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain, and Nanosens, Berkelkade 11, NL 7201 JE Zutphen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (IMM-CNM, CSIC), Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain, and Nanosens, Berkelkade 11, NL 7201 JE Zutphen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (IMM-CNM, CSIC), Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain, and Nanosens, Berkelkade 11, NL 7201 JE Zutphen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (IMM-CNM, CSIC), Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain, and Nanosens, Berkelkade 11, NL 7201 JE Zutphen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (IMM-CNM, CSIC), Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain, and Nanosens, Berkelkade 11, NL 7201 JE Zutphen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (IMM-CNM, CSIC), Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain, and Nanosens, Berkelkade 11, NL 7201 JE Zutphen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid (IMM-CNM, CSIC), Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain, and Nanosens, Berkelkade 11, NL 7201 JE Zutphen, The Netherlands
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Hwang KS, Lee SM, Kim SK, Lee JH, Kim TS. Micro- and nanocantilever devices and systems for biomolecule detection. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2009; 2:77-98. [PMID: 20636054 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-060908-155232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Recent research trends in biosensing have been geared toward developing bioanalytical devices that are label free, small in size, and portable and that can operate in a rapid manner. The performance of these devices has been dramatically improved through the advent of new materials and micro-/nanofabrication technologies. This is especially true for micro-/nanosized cantilever sensors, which undergo a change in mechanical properties upon the specific binding of biomolecules. In this review, we introduce the basic principles of cantilever biosensors in static and dynamic modes. We also summarize a range of approaches to cantilever design, fabrication, and instrumentation according to their applications. More specifically, we describe cantilever-based detections of proteins, DNA molecules, bacteria, and viruses and discuss current challenges related to the targets' biophysical characteristics.
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- Kyo Seon Hwang
- Nano-Bio Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea
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Sushko ML. Nanomechanics of organic/inorganic interfaces: a theoretical insight. Faraday Discuss 2009; 143:63-80; discussion 81-93. [DOI: 10.1039/b900861f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A biofunctional polymeric coating for microcantilever molecular recognition. Anal Chim Acta 2008; 630:161-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.09.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2008] [Revised: 09/23/2008] [Accepted: 09/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Computational analysis of mechanical stresses induced by self-assembled monolayer molecules on micro-cantilever. J Biotechnol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.07.639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cha M, Shin J, Kim JH, Kim I, Choi J, Lee N, Kim BG, Lee J. Biomolecular detection with a thin membrane transducer. LAB ON A CHIP 2008; 8:932-937. [PMID: 18497914 DOI: 10.1039/b719101d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We present a thin membrane transducer (TMT) that can detect nucleic acid based biomolecular reactions including DNA hybridization and protein recognition by aptamers. Specific molecular interactions on an extremely thin and flexible membrane surface cause the deflection of the membrane due to surface stress change which can be measured by a compact capacitive circuit. A gold-coated thin PDMS membrane assembled with metal patterned glass substrate is used to realize the capacitive detection. It is demonstrated that perfect match and mismatch hybridizations can be sharply discriminated with a 16-mer DNA oligonucleotide immobilized on the gold-coated surface. While the mismatched sample caused little capacitance change, the perfectly matched sample caused a well-defined capacitance decrease vs. time due to an upward deformation of the membrane by a compressive surface stress. Additionally, the TMT demonstrated the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) capabilities which enabled a detection of mismatching base pairs in the middle of the sequence. It is intriguing that the increase of capacitance, therefore a downward deflection due to tensile stress, was observed with the internal double mismatch hybridization. We further present the detection of thrombin protein through ligand-receptor type recognition with 15-mer thrombin aptamer as a receptor. Key aspects of this detection such as the effect of concentration variation are investigated. This capacitive thin membrane transducer presents a completely new approach for detecting biomolecular reactions with high sensitivity and specificity without molecular labelling and optical measurement.
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- Misun Cha
- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shinlim, Kwanak, Seoul, 151-742, Korea
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Mertens J, Rogero C, Calleja M, Ramos D, Martín-Gago JA, Briones C, Tamayo J. Label-free detection of DNA hybridization based on hydration-induced tension in nucleic acid films. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2008; 3:301-307. [PMID: 18654528 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The properties of water at the nanoscale are crucial in many areas of biology, but the confinement of water molecules in sub-nanometre channels in biological systems has received relatively little attention. Advances in nanotechnology make it possible to explore the role played by water molecules in living systems, potentially leading to the development of ultrasensitive biosensors. Here we show that the adsorption of water by a self-assembled monolayer of single-stranded DNA on a silicon microcantilever can be detected by measuring how the tension in the monolayer changes as a result of hydration. Our approach relies on the microcantilever bending by an amount that depends on the tension in the monolayer. In particular, we find that the tension changes dramatically when the monolayer interacts with either complementary or single mismatched single-stranded DNA targets. Our results suggest that the tension is mainly governed by hydration forces in the channels between the DNA molecules and could lead to the development of a label-free DNA biosensor that can detect single mutations. The technique provides sensitivity in the femtomolar range that is at least two orders of magnitude better than that obtained previously with label-free nanomechanical biosensors and with label-dependent microarrays.
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- Johann Mertens
- Bionanomechanics Lab, IMM-CNM, CSIC, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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This review will provide a general introduction to the field of cantilever biosensors by discussing the basic principles and the basic technical background necessary to understand and evaluate this class of sensors. Microfabricated cantilever sensors respond to changes in their environment or changes on their surface with a mechanical bending in the order of nanometers which can easily be detected. They are able to detect pH and temperature changes, the formation of self-assembled monolayers, DNA hybridization, antibody-antigen interactions, or the adsorption of bacteria. The review will focus on the surface stress mode of microfabricated cantilever arrays and their application as biosensors in molecular life science. A general background on biosensors, an overview of the different modes of operation of cantilever sensors and some details on sensor functionalization will be given. Finally, key experiments and current theoretical efforts to describe the surface stress mode of cantilever sensors will be discussed.
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- Jürgen Fritz
- Jacobs University Bremen, School of Engineering and Science, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.
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Comrie JE, Huck WTS. Exploring Actuation and Mechanotransduction Properties of Polymer Brushes. Macromol Rapid Commun 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.200700682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Goeders KM, Colton JS, Bottomley LA. Microcantilevers: Sensing Chemical Interactions via Mechanical Motion. Chem Rev 2008; 108:522-42. [DOI: 10.1021/cr0681041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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