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    • Nanotechnology
    • Optical Biosensing
    • Interferometry

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    • Current nanopore biosensors face limitations in optical testing, particularly for arrayed formats.
    • Measuring reflected optical signals in biosensors can complicate high-throughput applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To report a novel transparent nanostructured Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) device.
    • To overcome existing barriers in nanopore-based interferometric optical biosensors.
    • To enable high-throughput biodetection applications.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of optically transparent nanostructures (anodic aluminum oxide nanopores) using a two-step anodization process.
    • Utilizing a lithographically patterned aluminum thin film on an indium tin oxide glass substrate.
    • Demonstrating bioreaction detection using Protein A and porcine immunoglobulin G (IgG) as a model system.

    Main Results:

    • The developed FPI device is optically transparent, easily fabricated, and scalable for arrayed formats.
    • The device measures transmitted optical signals, simplifying optical testing for arrayed biosensors.
    • Successful detection of bioreactions with a lowest detection concentration in the picomolar range for proteins.

    Conclusions:

    • The transparent nanostructured FPI device facilitates high-throughput biodetection.
    • The detection sensitivity can be further optimized to the femtomolar level.
    • This technology paves the way for advanced optical biosensing applications.