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A Simple, Rapid and Low-cost 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)-based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor for TNT
1Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Kita, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan. wangjin@okayama-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
In this study, a simple, one-step organic molecule 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) functionalized surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor was developed. APTES as an organic ligand immobilized on the SPR sensor chip was used to form the Meisenheimer complex with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT). The results of using the APTES-based SPR sensor chip show a highly selective and sensitive (ppb level: parts per billion) detection of TNT explosive. The sensor is expected to have potential for application in the fast screening of the TNT explosive.
