A smartphone biosensor based on analysing structural colour of porous silicon
We report a smartphone compatible, low-cost porous silicon biosensor, which correlates the structural colour of a porous silicon microcavity (PSiM) to spectral peak position. Molecules captured in the PSiM cause a colour change that can be quantified through image analysis. Minimal external accessor...
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Published in | Analyst (London) Vol. 144; no. 13; pp. 3942 - 3948 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Royal Society of Chemistry
24.06.2019
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Summary: | We report a smartphone compatible, low-cost porous silicon biosensor, which correlates the structural colour of a porous silicon microcavity (PSiM) to spectral peak position. Molecules captured in the PSiM cause a colour change that can be quantified through image analysis. Minimal external accessories are employed. Spectrometer measurements of the PSiM reflectance spectrum shifts are carried out concurrently with the smartphone measurements to benchmark the accuracy of the smartphone biosensor. We estimate that the smartphone biosensor supports an equivalent accuracy of 0.33 nm for the detection of colour changes corresponding to spectral shifts of the PSiM. Biosensing functionality is demonstrated using a biotin-streptavidin assay with an estimated detection limit of 500 nM. The PSiM-smartphone biosensor is a promising platform for label-free point of care diagnostics.
A smartphone biosensor with minimal external components is demonstrated for highly sensitive detection of biomolecules by monitoring the structural colour of a porous silicon film. |
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Bibliography: | Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI 10.1039/c9an00022d ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0003-2654 1364-5528 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c9an00022d |