Ultrasensitive point-of-care biochemical sensor based on metal-AIEgen frameworks

Jiangjiang Zhang, Ying Li, Fengli Chai, Qizhen Li, Dou Wang, Liping Liu*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Xingyu Jiang*

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Abstract

Point-of-care (POC) biochemical sensors have found broad applications in areas ranging from clinical diagnosis to environmental monitoring. However, POC sensors often suffer from poor sensitivity. Here, we synthesized a metal-organic framework, where the ligand is the aggregation-induced emission luminogen (AIEgen), which we call metal-AIEgen frameworks (MAFs), for use in the ultrasensitive POC biochemical sensors. MAFs process a unique luminescent mechanism of structural rigidity-enhanced emission to achieve a high quantum yield (~99.9%). We optimized the MAFs to show 102- to 103-fold enhanced sensitivity for a hydrogel-based POC digital sensor and lateral flow immunoassays (LFIA). MAFs have a high affinity to directly absorb proteins, which can label antibodies for immunoassays. MAFs-based LFIA with enhanced sensitivity shows robust serum detection for POC clinical diagnosis.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbereabo1874
JournalScience advances
Volume8
Issue number30
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2022
Externally publishedYes

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Zhang, J., Li, Y., Chai, F., Li, Q., Wang, D., Liu, L., Tang, B. Z., & Jiang, X. (2022). Ultrasensitive point-of-care biochemical sensor based on metal-AIEgen frameworks. Science advances, 8(30), Article eabo1874. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo1874