Apparatus for two-step surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy
a surface-enhanced raman and raman spectroscopy technology, applied in the field of raman spectroscopy two-step surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy, can solve the problems of culture growth taking several days, pcr taking several hours, and none of the three methods described above can meet the listed requirements, etc., to achieve the effect of sensitivity, speed, and substantial selectivity
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B. Cereus Detected in a Peptide Functionalized Silver-Doped Sol-Gel Coated Capillary
[0101]The silver-doped SER-active sol-gels employed in the filled glass capillaries utilized in this example were prepared in accordance with the method of Farquharson et al. (U.S. Pat. No. 6,623,977), which capillaries were filled with silver-doped sol-gels in accordance with the techniques described by Farquharson et al. (“Rapid dipicolinic acid extraction from Bacillus spores detected by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy”Applied Spectroscopy, 4, 351-354, 2004). In essence, a silver amine complex (Ag(NH3)2+OH−), consisting of a 5:1 v / v solution of 1 N AgNO3 and NH4OH (28 wt % NH3 in H2O), was mixed with an alkoxide consisting of a 2:1 v / v solution of methanol and tetramethyl orthosilicate in a 1:8 v / v silver amine:alkoxide ratio. A 10 microL aliquot of the forgoing mixture was then drawn into a 1-mm diameter glass capillary to fill a 10-mm length. After sol-gel formation, the incorporated silver ...
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Measurement of E. Coli Detected on an Antibody Functionalized Gold Colloid Coated Glass Slide
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[0114]A gold colloid solution was prepared according to Pal et al. (“Photochemically prepared gold nanoparticles: A substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering,”Current Sci., 84, 1342-1346, 2003). One-inch diameter glass discs were spin-coated at 2500 rpm by adding 1 mL of the gold colloid solution drop-wise to form a monolayer. Once the coating dried, a layer of multi-functional polyethylene glycol ligands—a linker, containing two thiol groups for anchoring onto the gold and a terminal N-hydroxysuccinimide ester group for coupling to antibodies, was added to the surface. After 4 hours the discs were washed with water to remove any unbound PEG from the gold surface. The E. coli selective antibody was then added to the surface and allowed to functionalize over a period of 2 hours, and another buffer wash was thereafter used to remove any unfunctionalized antibody. Then a solution o...
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Measurement of Hospital Pathogens: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureas (MRSA), Tubercles Bacillus (TB), and Nosocomial Pneumonia (NP)
[0120]As described hereinabove in connection with FIG. 5, a lab-on-a-chip device is designed with three channels, each containing a SER-active metal functionalized with a different binding agent (peptide, aptamer, antibody, etc.) for selectively binding MRSA, TB or NP. In some instances the SER-active metal is chemically attached to the walls of the channels; in other cases it is contained in the channel, preferably incorporated in a sol-gel. A throat sputum sample, collected from a hospital patient, is treated with reagents, such as N-acetyl-L-cysteine and sodium hydroxide, to liquefy the mucans that potentially contain the target hospital pathogens, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,713,914. The sample is filtered to trap the pathogens, while passing the mucans and other potentially interfering biochemicals, after which the pathogens are collec...
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