Carbon nanotube-based transducers for immunoassays

Authors

C. Lynam, University of WollongongFollow
Niamh Gilmartin, Dublin City University
A Minett, University of WollongongFollow
Richard O'Kennedy, Dublin City University
Gordon G. Wallace, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

32037

Publication Details

Lynam, C., Gilmartin, N., Minett, A. I., O'Kennedy, R. & Wallace, G. G. (2009). Carbon nanotube-based transducers for immunoassays. Carbon, 47 (10), 2337-2343.

Abstract

The attachment of mouse immunoglobulin G (IgG) and anti-mouse IgG antibodies onto carbon nanotubes (CNTs), using either non-covalent or covalent means was investigated. The resultant CNTs were characterised using a variety of techniques including enzyme-linked and fluorescence-linked immunoassays, UV–visible-NIR and Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry. TEM images of the adsorbed antibody on the CNTs show that the covalent modification approach was successful, whereas the non-covalent approach resulted in no electrochemically detectable labelled antibody. Direct electrical communication between CNTs covalently linked to peroxidase-labelled antibodies was observed during cyclic voltammetry, which suggests applications in developing carbon-nanotube-based immunosensors.