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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Fluorescent Aptamer Immobilization on Inverse Colloidal Crystals.

Andrea Chiappini, Laura Pasquardini, Somayeh Nodehi, Cristina Armellini, Nicola Bazzanella, Lorenzo Lunelli, Stefano Pelli, Maurizio Ferrari, Silvia M Pietralunga

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea ChiappiniCNR-IFN CSMFO Lab. and FBK CMM, via alla Cascata 56/C, 38123 Povo Trento, Italy. andrea.chiappini@unitn.it.
Laura PasquardiniFBK-LaBSSAH, via Sommarive 18, 38123 Povo Trento, Italy. l.pasquardini@gmail.com.
Somayeh NodehiCNR-IFN Milano, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy. somayehnodehi@gmail.com.
Cristina ArmelliniCNR-IFN CSMFO Lab. and FBK CMM, via alla Cascata 56/C, 38123 Povo Trento, Italy. cristina.armellini@unitn.it.
Nicola BazzanellaPhysics Department, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Trento, Italy. nicola.bazzanella@unitn.it.
Lorenzo LunelliFBK-LaBSSAH, via Sommarive 18, 38123 Povo Trento, Italy. lunelli@fbk.eu.
Stefano PelliIFAC-CNR, MiPLab., via Madonna del Piano10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. s.pelli@ifac.cnr.it.
Maurizio FerrariCNR-IFN CSMFO Lab. and FBK CMM, via alla Cascata 56/C, 38123 Povo Trento, Italy. maurizio.ferrari@unitn.it.ORCID 0000-0003-3723-5957
Silvia M PietralungaCNR-IFN Milano, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy. silvia.pietralunga@polimi.it.
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics And Applications · ITFerioli & Gianotti (Italy) · ITNello Carrara Institute of Applied Physics · ITUniversity of Trento · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we described a versatile two steps approach for the realization of silica inverse opals functionalized with DNA-aptamers labelled with Cy3 fluorophore. The co-assembly method was successfully employed for the realization of high quality inverse silica opal, whilst the inverse network was functionalized via epoxy chemistry. Morphological and optical assessment revealed the presence of large ordered domains with a transmission band gap depth of 32%, after the functionalization procedure. Finite Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulations confirmed the high optical quality of the inverse opal realized. Photoluminescence measurements evidenced the effective immobilization of DNA-aptamer molecules labelled with Cy3 throughout the entire sample thickness. This assumption was verified by the inhibition of the fluorescence of Cy3 fluorophore tailoring the position of the photonic band gap of the inverse opal. The modification of the fluorescence could be justified by a variation in the density of states (DOS) calculated by the Plane Wave Expansion (PWE) method. Finally, the development of the aforementioned approach could be seen as proof of the concept experiment, suggesting that this type of system may act as a suitable platform for the realization of fluorescence-based bio-sensors.

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band gapco-assemblycolloidal crystalDNA-aptamersFDTD simulationsfluorescencePWE method

Identifiers

PMID30544583
PMCPMC6308693
OpenAlexW2904663929

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