This disclosure is related to novel devices and arrays to detect ultralow concentration of bio-matter in physiological conditions. Specifically, perovskite nickelate RNiO3 is used to sense biological material facilitated by specific enzymatic activity in the proximity.
Nickel forms a series of mixed oxide compounds which are commonly called nickelates. A nickelate is an anion containing nickel or a salt containing a nickelate anion, or a double compound containing nickel bound to oxygen and other elements. Nickel can be in different or even mixed oxidation states, ranging from +2, +3 to +4. The anions can contain a single nickel ion, or multiple ions to form a cluster ion. The solid mixed oxide compounds are often insulating, but can also be metallic. They have a variety of electrical and magnetic properties. Rare-earth elements form a range of perovskite nickelates, in which the properties vary systematically as the rare-earth element changes. Fine-tuning of properties is achievable with mixtures of elements, applying stress or pressure, or varying the physical form.
Rare-earth nickelates with nickel in a +3 oxidation state have an electronic configuration similar for cuprates and so are of interest to high-temperature superconductor researchers. Other rare-earth fickelates can function as fuel cell catalysts. The ability to switch between an insulating and a conducting state in some of these materials is of interest in the development of new transistors that have higher on to off current ratios.
Despite the physical features of these rare earth materials are studied in conductor industry, the exploration of rare-earth nickelates in health care or medical devices is in its infancy or non-existent.
This disclosure provides biomolecule sensing devices based on enzyme-mediated spontaneous hydrogen transfer from bio-markers which function at body temperature in brain and in biological environments (e.g. artificial cerebrospinal fluid). The devices could be broadly used in health sciences, brain interfaces and biological routes to dope emerging semiconductors.
One embodiment of the instant disclosure provides an ultrasensitive device for detecting low concentration of biomarker in a biological fluid. The device comprises:
In one preferred embodiment the aforementioned device further comprises an electrode, wherein the electrode captures increased resistivity in the perovskite nickelate film.
In one preferred embodiment the conductive material in aforementioned device is Au electrode.
In one preferred embodiment the enzyme in aforementioned device is glucose oxidase and the biomarker is glucose in body fluid, such as blood, sweat or urine.
In one preferred embodiment the enzyme in aforementioned device is horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and the biomarker is dopamine in cerebrospinal fluid.
In one preferred embodiment enzyme in aforementioned device is conjugated to Au electrode surface via cystamine.
In one preferred embodiment the enzyme in aforementioned device is configured as arrays with large-scale circuits on a single chip, wherein various enzymes or other catalysts are conjugated to the arrays rendering specificity to different biomarkers simultaneously in the single chip.
The disclosure provides a method of detecting ultra-low concentration of biomarker in biological fluid. The method comprises the following steps:
Providing a device comprising following components:
In some preferred embodiment the aforementioned method is used to detect glucose in the biological fluid.
In some preferred embodiment the aforementioned method is used to detect dopamine in cerebrospinal fluid.
In some preferred embodiment the aforementioned method is conducted at room temperature or body temperature.
In some preferred embodiment the aforementioned method is to detect concentrations of biomarker between the ranges of about 10−16 M to about 10−17 M.
In some preferred embodiment the device in aforementioned method comprising Au as the conductive material.
In some preferred embodiment the device in aforementioned method comprising an enzyme selected from the group consisting of glucose oxidase and Horseradish peroxidase (HRP).
In some preferred embodiment the device in aforementioned method is configured as arrays with large scale circuits on a single chip to simultaneously sense various biomarkers that corresponding enzymes or other catalysts specifically recognize and facilitate hydrogen transfer.
In some preferred embodiment the aforementioned method further comprising integrating the device into a wearable electronic platform for personal healthcare monitoring.
In some preferred embodiment the aforementioned method is conducted in room temperature or body temperature.
In some preferred embodiment the aforementioned method is conducted spontaneously with biological fluid immersion of the device and free of external energy input.
This disclosure further provides a method for detecting ultra-low concentration of biomarker in a sample. The method comprises the following steps:
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following figures, associated descriptions and claims.
While the concepts of the present disclosure are illustrated and described in detail in the figures and the description herein, results in the figures and their description are to be considered as exemplary and not restrictive in character; it being understood that only the illustrative embodiments are shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the disclosure are desired to be protected.
Unless defined otherwise, the scientific and technology nomenclatures have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person in the ordinary skill in the art pertaining to this disclosure.
Functional interfaces between electronics and biological matter are essential to diverse fields including health sciences (e.g. detection of early stage diseases), soft robotics (e.g. sensory interfaces for autonomous systems), bio-engineering and search for life in extreme environments in land or water bodies on Earth, other planets or asteroids. Energy and information flow in biological and living matter occurs through ionic currents, however in traditional semiconductor devices, it is due to electrons and holes. Functional interfaces between biological and synthetic matter therefore can greatly benefit from simultaneous ion-electron transfer coupled with signaling capability in a range of biological and body/brain environments. Synthetic matter that responds to reaction intermediates at low concentrations therefore can be game-changing in this context, however must be functional near room (or body) temperature while constantly exposed to complex biological media. As a promising candidate, the perovskite nickelate SmNiO3 (SNO, space group Pbnm), is water-stable, and belongs to a class of strongly correlated quantum materials, whose properties are highly sensitive to the occupancy of electrons in their partially-filled orbitals. When doped with charge carriers, SNO shows massive electronic structure changes: For one electron/unit cell doping from hydrogen, the electrical resistance changes by ˜10 orders of magnitude.
This disclosure provides a new device and system to detect biological molecules (such as glucose and dopamine) down to ultra-low concentrations. This device is based on rare earth perovskite nickelate RNiO3 (R can be Sm, Nd, Eu, Gd, Dy, Y, Lu, Pr, La, etc).
After the biological molecules were added, the resistance of the perovskite nickelate device increased, due to the hydrogen transfer and its consequential electron localization as described in
The advantages of this technique include sensing bio-molecules (such as dopamine and glucose) down to ultralow concentration, one order better than current state of the art techniques. Additionally, the sensing process is spontaneous, and no external energy is required in this process.
It is contemplated that strongly correlated oxides (such as but not limited to rare earth perovskite nickelate, and related transition metal oxides such as NiO, FeOx) are used as biomolecule sensors.
Without limiting to any particular theory, it is contemplated to use the strong election correlation effect in this class of materials to achieve high detection limit.
Exemplified but not limited to any particular theory, enzymes or other catalysts that facilitate proton transfer between bio-molecules and strongly correlated oxides is shown to be effective to sense bio-molecules.
Without being limited by any theory, it is also contemplated that other than resistivity change of strongly correlated oxides due to the proton transfer, change of optical, magnetic and thermal properties can also be utilized as possible sensing means.
Arrays of such devices can be fabricated to design large scale circuits on a chip to rapidly sense bio-molecules. Micro-fluidic channels can be integrated with such devices to direct flow of fluids onto the surfaces and sense presence of bio-matter. Various enzymes can be positioned at discrete devices and simultaneously several classes of bio-molecules can be sensed in a single chip. This can help rapidly identify bio-matter for health sciences such as diabetes or sweat or urine, blood monitoring. The devices can also be integrated into wearable electronic platforms for personal health monitoring.
Perovskite nickelate films were grown using sputtering. Before deposition, LaAlO3 substrates were rinsed by acetone and isopropanol, after which the substrates were dried by nitrogen. Co-sputtering of rare earth and Ni targets were performed with R at a radio frequency (RF) power at 170 W, and Ni at direct current (DC) power at 70 W. This growth condition ensures a stoichiometric ratio of R to Ni cations as characterized by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The growth was carried out at room temperature with a background pressure of argon and oxygen mixture at 5 mTorr. Then the film was annealed at 500° C. for 24 hours under 100 bar of O2 in a home-built high-pressure tube furnace. Au electrodes (50 nm thick with 3 nm Ti adhesion layer) were deposited using electron beam evaporation, and the devices were fabricated with shadow masks (500 μm gap). The GOx enzyme is selective to glucose oxidation while the horseradish enzyme (HRP) can be used to study dopamine release. To anchor the GOx enzyme and HRP enzyme respectively to the Au electrode surface, the SNO devices were first immersed in 10 mM cystamine solution for 2 hours at room temperature in dark. The GOx enzyme (Sigma-Aldrich catalog number G6125), HRP enzyme (Sigma-Aldrich catalog number P8375) and cystamine were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Corporation. The SNO devices were then rinsed with DI water to remove the unreacted cystamine and dried with compressed air. Next, the glucose oxidase (GOx) was oxidized in order to conjugate to the cystamine on the Au surface. For this purpose, 30 mg sodium metaperiodate was added into 20 μM GOx solution (in 5 mL 0.1 M pH 6.8 Sodium Phosphate buffer). The mixture was incubated in 4° C. for 1 hour. Then 6.97 μL ethylene glycol was added into the mixture and incubated at room temperature for 30 mins to stop the reaction. This product was purified by PD-10 desalting column (GE Healthcare) to collect oxidized GOx as well as changing the buffer back to 0.1 M pH 6.8 Sodium Phosphate. The reacted SNO device was immersed in the collected GOx solution for 1 hour at 4° C. and then rinsed with DI H2O. The device was then dried by compressed air and stored at 4° C. ready for use.
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This application claims the benefits of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/782,068, filed Dec. 19, 2018, the contents of which are incorporated herein entirely.
This work was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF Grant No. 1609898), AFOSR grant No. FA9550-16-1-0159 and Office of Naval Research (Grant No. N0014-15-1-2707). Government may have certain right in this disclosure.
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