TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jablonski, Melanie
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Wege, Christina
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Detection of plant virus particles with a capacitive field-effect sensor
JF  - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
N2  - Plant viruses are major contributors to crop losses and induce high economic costs worldwide. For reliable, on-site and early detection of plant viral diseases, portable biosensors are of great interest. In this study, a field-effect SiO2-gate electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) sensor was utilized for the label-free electrostatic detection of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) particles as a model plant pathogen. The capacitive EIS sensor has been characterized regarding its TMV sensitivity by means of constant-capacitance method. The EIS sensor was able to detect biotinylated TMV particles from a solution with a TMV concentration as low as 0.025 nM. A good correlation between the registered EIS sensor signal and the density of adsorbed TMV particles assessed from scanning electron microscopy images of the SiO2-gate chip surface was observed. Additionally, the isoelectric point of the biotinylated TMV particles was determined via zeta potential measurements and the influence of ionic strength of the measurement solution on the TMV-modified EIS sensor signal has been studied.
KW  - Plant virus
KW  - Capacitive field-effect sensor
KW  - Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
KW  - Label-free detection
KW  - Zeta potential
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03448-8
SN  - 1618-2650
N1  - Corresponding authors: Arshak Poghossian & Michael J. Schöning
VL  - 413
SP  - 5669
EP  - 5678
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Cham
ER  -