@article{SiqueiraMolinnusBegingetal.2014, author = {Siqueira, Jose R. and Molinnus, Denise and Beging, Stefan and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Incorporating a hybrid urease-carbon nanotubes sensitive nanofilm on capacitive field-effect sensors for urea detection}, series = {Analytical chemistry}, volume = {86}, journal = {Analytical chemistry}, number = {11}, publisher = {ACS Publications}, address = {Columbus}, issn = {1520-6882 (E-Journal); 0003-2700 (Print); 0096-4484 (Print)}, doi = {10.1021/ac500458s}, pages = {5370 -- 5375}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The ideal combination among biomolecules and nanomaterials is the key for reaching biosensing units with high sensitivity. The challenge, however, is to find out a stable and sensitive film architecture that can be incorporated on the sensor's surface. In this paper, we report on the benefits of incorporating a layer-by-layer (LbL) nanofilm of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) field-effect sensors for detecting urea. Three sensor arrangements were studied in order to investigate the adequate film architecture, involving the LbL film with the enzyme urease: (i) urease immobilized directly onto a bare EIS [EIS-urease] sensor; (ii) urease atop the LbL film over the EIS [EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease] sensor; and (iii) urease sandwiched between the LbL film and another CNT layer [EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease-CNT]. The surface morphology of all three urea-based EIS biosensors was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM), while the biosensing abilities were studied by means of capacitance-voltage (C/V) and dynamic constant-capacitance (ConCap) measureaments at urea concentrations ranging from 0.1 mM to 100 mM. The EIS-urease and EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease sensors showed similar sensitivity (∼18 mV/decade) and a nonregular signal behavior as the urea concentration increased. On the other hand, the EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease-CNT sensor exhibited a superior output signal performance and higher sensitivity of about 33 mV/decade. The presence of the additional CNT layer was decisive to achieve a urea based EIS sensor with enhanced properties. Such sensitive architecture demonstrates that the incorporation of an adequate hybrid enzyme-nanofilm as sensing unit opens new prospects for biosensing applications using the field-effect sensor platform.}, language = {en} } @article{TakenagaBiselliSchnitzleretal.2014, author = {Takenaga, Shoko and Biselli, Manfred and Schnitzler, Thomas and {\"O}hlschl{\"a}ger, Peter and Wagner, Torsten and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Toward multi-analyte bioarray sensors: LAPS-based on-chip determination of a Michaelis-Menten-like kinetics for cell culturing}, series = {Physica status solidi A : Applications and materials science}, volume = {211}, journal = {Physica status solidi A : Applications and materials science}, number = {6}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {1521-396X (E); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)}, doi = {10.1002/pssa.201330464}, pages = {1410 -- 1415}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The metabolic activity of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells was observed using a light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS). The dependency toward different glucose concentrations (17-200 mM) follows a Michaelis-Menten kinetics trajectory with Kₘ = 32.8 mM, and the obtained Kₘ value in this experiment was compared with that found in literature. In addition, the pH shift induced by glucose metabolism of tumor cells transfected with the HPV-16 genome (C3 cells) was successfully observed. These results indicate the possibility to determine the tumor cells metabolism with a LAPS-based measurement device.}, language = {en} } @article{WagnerDollSchoening2014, author = {Wagner, Patrick and Doll, Theodor and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Engineering of functional interfaces / Patrick Wagner ; Theodor Doll ; Michael J. Sch{\"o}ning (eds.)}, series = {Physica status solidi (A) : Applications and materials science}, volume = {211}, journal = {Physica status solidi (A) : Applications and materials science}, number = {6}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {1521-396X (E-Book); 1862-6319 (E-Book); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)}, doi = {10.1002/pssa.201470241}, pages = {1339 -- 1339}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{WhiteheadOehlschlaegerAlmajhdietal.2014, author = {Whitehead, Mark and {\"O}hlschl{\"a}ger, Peter and Almajhdi, Fahad N. and Alloza, Leonor and Marz{\´a}bal, Pablo and Meyers, Ann E. and Hitzeroth, Inga I. and Rybicki, Edward P.}, title = {Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 E7 protein bodies cause tumour regression in mice}, series = {BMC cancer}, journal = {BMC cancer}, number = {14:367}, publisher = {BioMed Central}, address = {London}, issn = {1471-2407}, doi = {10.1186/1471-2407-14-367}, pages = {1 -- 15}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{WuBronderPoghossianetal.2014, author = {Wu, Chunsheng and Bronder, Thomas and Poghossian, Arshak and Werner, Frederik and B{\"a}cker, Matthias and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef}, title = {Label-free electrical detection of DNA with a multi-spot LAPS: First step towards light-addressable DNA chips}, series = {Physica status solidi A : Applications and materials science}, volume = {211}, journal = {Physica status solidi A : Applications and materials science}, number = {6}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH}, address = {Weinheim}, issn = {1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)}, doi = {10.1002/pssa.201330442}, pages = {1423 -- 1428}, year = {2014}, abstract = {A multi-spot (4 × 4 spots) light-addressable potentiometric sensor (MLAPS) consisting of an Al-p-Si-SiO2 structure has been applied for the label-free electrical detection of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) immobilization and hybridization by the intrinsic molecular charge for the first time. Single-stranded probe ssDNA molecules (20 bases) were covalently immobilized onto the silanized SiO2 gate surface. The unspecific adsorption of mismatch ssDNA on the MLAPS gate surface was blocked by bovine serum albumin molecules. To reduce the screening effect and to achieve a high sensor signal, the measurements were performed in a low ionic-strength solution. The photocurrent-voltage (I-V) curves were simultaneously recorded on all 16 spots after each surface functionalization step. Large shifts of I-V curves of 25 mV were registered after the DNA immobilization and hybridization event. In contrast, a small potential shift (∼5 mV) was observed in case of mismatch ssDNA, revealing good specificity of the sensor. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of the MLAPS as promising transducer platform for the multi-spot label-free electrical detection of DNA molecules by their intrinsic molecular charge.}, language = {en} }