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Translating Molecular Recognition into a Pressure Signal to enable Rapid, Sensitive, and Portable Biomedical Analysis
Zhi Zhu1, Zhichao Guan1, Dan Liu1
1State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, The MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China).
Abstract:
Herein, we demonstrate that a very familiar, yet underutilized, physical parameter—gas pressure—can serve as signal readout for highly sensitive bioanalysis. Integration of a catalyzed gas-generation reaction with a molecular recognition component leads to significant pressure changes, which can be measured with high sensitivity using a low-cost and portable pressure meter. This new signaling strategy opens up a new way for simple, portable, yet highly sensitive biomedical analysis in a variety of settings.
