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  • Biomolecular Engineering
  • Nanotechnology
  • Analytical Chemistry

Background:

  • Simultaneous detection of multiple RNA biomarkers is crucial for environmental monitoring and disease diagnostics.
  • Existing sensor technologies often involve complex fabrication and high costs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the feasibility of a novel 384-channel sensor array chip for simultaneous detection of RNA biomarkers.
  • To develop a cost-effective and practical platform for analyzing environmental and biomedical RNA targets.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a 384-channel sensor array chip using photolithography with Au/Cr electrodes modified by peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes.
  • Testing sequence-specific hybridization responses with complementary and mismatch oligonucleotide sequences.
  • Evaluating sensor performance with varying target concentrations and PCR-amplified samples.

Main Results:

  • The sensor array demonstrated sequence-specific responses, distinguishing complementary targets from mismatch sequences.
  • A detection limit of 7.33 × 10-8 M was achieved for target oligonucleotides.
  • The chip successfully analyzed PCR-amplified samples, showing potential for real-world applications.

Conclusions:

  • The fabricated sensor array chip is a simple, cost-effective, and feasible platform for simultaneous RNA biomarker detection.
  • The PNA-based sensor technology shows promise for analyzing complex samples like PCR products.
  • This approach offers a practical alternative to expensive and complicated nanofabricated sensor chips.