Zafer Üstündağ, Sinem Tunçer Çağlayan, Mustafa Oguzhan Caglayan
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Abstract
A label-free spectroscopic ellipsometric (SE) aptasensor was developed for ultra-sensitive patulin (PAT) detection on a tin (Sn) substrate modified via electrochemical grafting of a 4-mercaptobenzene diazonium-derived self-assembled monolayer. Cyclic voltammetry and high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed uniform nanofilm formation, followed by citrate-reduced gold nanoparticle decoration and thiolated anti-PAT aptamer immobilization. Monitoring the ellipsometric phase shift (Δ) at 507 nm and 508 nm yielded linear responses over 0.01-1000 ng/mL PAT (R2 > 0.98) with limits of detection of 10.7 pg/mL and 9.5 pg/mL (3.3 σ), respectively. Isotherm fitting indicated pseudo-second-order binding (R2 = 1.00), consistent with surface-constrained, mass-transfer-limited interactions. Precision (%RSD < 1.1 %) and accuracy (%RE within ±5 %) were validated in both buffer and spiked apple-juice samples (recoveries 98.9-103.2 %). This label-free SE approach combines a wide dynamic range and sub-10 pg/mL sensitivity with minimal sample preparation and no external labels.
期刊介绍:
The journal''s title Analytical Biochemistry: Methods in the Biological Sciences declares its broad scope: methods for the basic biological sciences that include biochemistry, molecular genetics, cell biology, proteomics, immunology, bioinformatics and wherever the frontiers of research take the field.
The emphasis is on methods from the strictly analytical to the more preparative that would include novel approaches to protein purification as well as improvements in cell and organ culture. The actual techniques are equally inclusive ranging from aptamers to zymology.
The journal has been particularly active in:
-Analytical techniques for biological molecules-
Aptamer selection and utilization-
Biosensors-
Chromatography-
Cloning, sequencing and mutagenesis-
Electrochemical methods-
Electrophoresis-
Enzyme characterization methods-
Immunological approaches-
Mass spectrometry of proteins and nucleic acids-
Metabolomics-
Nano level techniques-
Optical spectroscopy in all its forms.
The journal is reluctant to include most drug and strictly clinical studies as there are more suitable publication platforms for these types of papers.