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Anharmonic acoustic effects during DNA hybridization on an electrochemical quartz crystal resonator

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posted on 2018-05-09, 09:14 authored by Samantha Swarbrick, Igor Efimov, Victor P. Ostanin, David Klenerman, Alexandra StolzingAlexandra Stolzing, Sourav GhoshSourav Ghosh
The paper describes a sensor for single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) biomarker based on anharmonic acoustic signals arising during hybridization with complementary thiolated ssDNA functionalised on the gold electrode of an electrochemical quartz crystal resonator. The steps of sensor preparation and hybridization are carried out in an electrochemical microfluidic flowcell. While the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy does not allow a definitive interpretation, the changes in resonance frequency and third Fourier harmonic current of the resonator on actuation at the fundamental mode indicate formation of a flexibly bound layer. The functionalization and hybridization steps monitored by the anharmonic detection technique (ADT) are described with a simple model based on Duffing nonlinear equation.

Funding

The authors sincerely acknowledge the funding support from the EU projects RAPP-ID (FP7-JTI 115153) and Norosensor (FP7-NMP 604244), EPSRC Bridging the Gap in Antimicrobial Resistancegrant (EP/M027341/1) and PhD studentship support for SS from EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre (EP/F500491/1).

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Electrochimica Acta

Volume

269

Pages

526 - 533

Citation

SWARBRICK, S. ... et al, 2018. Anharmonic acoustic effects during DNA hybridization on an electrochemical quartz crystal resonator. Electrochimica Acta, 269, pp.526-533.

Publisher

© Elsevier

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2018-03-02

Publication date

2018

Notes

This paper was published in the journal Electrochimica Acta and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.03.014.

ISSN

0013-4686

Language

  • en