TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murib, M. S.
A1  - Grinsven, B. van
A1  - Grieten, L.
A1  - Janssens, S. D.
A1  - Vermeeren, V.
A1  - Eersels, K.
A1  - Broeders, J.
A1  - Ameloot, M.
A1  - Michiels, L.
A1  - Ceuninck, W. De
A1  - Haenen, K.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Electronic monitoring of chemical DNA denaturation on nanocrystalline diamond electrodes with different molarities and flow rates
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A). Vol. 210 (2013), iss. 5
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0031-8965
SP  - 911
EP  - 917
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murib, M. S.
A1  - Yeap, W. S.
A1  - Eurlings, Y.
A1  - Grinsven, B. van
A1  - Boyen, H.-G.
A1  - Conings, B.
A1  - Michiels, L.
A1  - Ameloot, M.
A1  - Carleer, R.
A1  - Warmer, J.
A1  - Kaul, P.
A1  - Haenen, K.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Ceuninck, W. de
A1  - Wagner, P.
T1  - Heat-transfer based characterization of DNA on synthetic sapphire chips
JF  - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
N2  - In this study, we show that synthetic sapphire (Al₂O₃), an established implant material, can also serve as a platform material for biosensors comparable to nanocrystalline diamond. Sapphire chips, beads, and powder were first modified with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES), followed by succinic anhydride (SA), and finally single-stranded probe DNA was EDC coupled to the functionalized layer. The presence of the APTES-SA layer on sapphire powders was confirmed by thermogravimetric analyis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Using planar sapphire chips as substrates and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) as surface-sensitive tool, the sequence of individual layers was analyzed with respect to their chemical state, enabling the quantification of areal densities of the involved molecular units. Fluorescence microscopy was used to demonstrate the hybridization of fluorescently tagged target DNA to the probe DNA, including denaturation- and re-hybridization experiments. Due to its high thermal conductivity, synthetic sapphire is especially suitable as a chip material for the heat-transfer method, which was employed to distinguish complementary- and non-complementary DNA duplexes containing single-nucleotide polymorphisms. These results indicate that it is possible to detect mutations electronically with a chemically resilient and electrically insulating chip material.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.02.027
SN  - 0925-4005
VL  - 230
IS  - 230
SP  - 260
EP  - 271
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murib, M. S.
A1  - Yeap, W. S.
A1  - Martens, D.
A1  - Liu, X.
A1  - Bienstman, P.
A1  - Fahlman, M.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Michiels, L.
A1  - Haenen, K.
A1  - Serpengüzel, A.
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Photonic studies on polymer-coated sapphire-spheres : a model system for biological ligands
JF  - Sensors and actuators A: Physical
N2  - In this study we show an optical biosensor concept, based on elastic light scattering from sapphire microspheres. Transmitted and elastic scattering intensity of the microspheres (radius 500 μm, refractive index 1.77) on an optical fiber half coupler is analyzed at 1510 nm. The 0.43 nm angular mode spacing of the resonances is comparable to the angular mode spacing value estimated using the optical size of the microsphere. The spectral linewidths of the resonances are in the order of 0.01 nm, which corresponds to quality factors of approximately 105. A polydopamine layer is used as a functionalizing agent on sapphire microspherical resonators in view of biosensor implementation. The varying layer thickness on the microsphere is determined as a function of the resonance wavelength shift. It is shown that polymer functionalization has a minor effect on the quality factor. This is a promising step toward the development of an optical biosensor.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2014.11.024
SN  - 1873-3069 (E-Journal); 0924-4247 (Print)
VL  - 222
SP  - 212
EP  - 219
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -