Microdialysis SPR: diffusion-gated sensing in blood.

ABSTRACT: Chemical measurements are rarely performed in crude blood due to the poor performance of sensors and devices exposed to biofluids. In particular, biosensors have been severely limited for detection in whole blood due to surface fouling from proteins, the interaction of cells with the sensor surface and potential optical interference when considering optical methods of analysis. To solve this problem, a dialysis chamber was introduced to a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor to create a diffusion gate for large molecules. This dialysis chamber relies on the faster migration of small molecules through a microporous membrane towards a sensor, located at a specified distance from the membrane. Size filtering and diffusion through a microporous membrane restricted the access of blood cell

SUBMITTER: Breault-Turcot J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5707466 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature