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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2025

Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence Paper Lateral Flow Strip for Point-of-Care Testing of SARS-CoV-2 Antigens.

Yingjie Hang, Anyang Wang, Weirui Tan, Kimberly Bess, Ashley Eaton, Nianqiang Wu

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Yingjie HangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
Anyang WangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
Weirui TanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8773-5656
Kimberly BessInstitute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
Ashley EatonInstitute for Applied Life Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.
Nianqiang WuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8888-2444

Funding

A Portable Fluorescence Lateral Flow Device for Self-Testing of HIVR61AI181019 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI Nianqiang Wu · 2024 to 2026
$1.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R61 AI181019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently commercial colorimetric paper lateral flow immunoassays exhibit insufficient limit of detection (LOD) and limited clinical sensitivity toward the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigens, which causes a high false negative rate. To mitigate this issue, a new plasmon-enhanced fluorescence probe was developed for paper lateral flow strips (PLFSs). The probe is made of a sandwich-structured Ag-core@silica@dye@silica-shell nanoparticle in which fluorescent dyes are sandwiched between the plasmonic Ag core and the silica outer shell, and the separation distance between the Ag core and the dye molecules is controlled by the silica space layer. At the optimal thickness of the silica space layer, plasmons can amplify fluorescence signals via the Purcell effect. The PLFS with the optimized plasmonic fluorescence probes exhibits a LOD of 65.0 pg/mL toward detection of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein in a buffer solution, which is much lower than that (2.3 ng/mL) of the commercial colorimetric counterpart. Furthermore, it has been used successfully for testing COVID-19 clinical samples, which has achieved 100% clinical sensitivity and 94.2% specificity, while the commercial colorimetric PLFS exhibits 75.7% sensitivity and 91.4% specificity. The results demonstrate that the plasmonic fluorescence PLFS can reduce false negative results significantly. This device has great potential in helping with timely medical intervention and prevention from COVID-19 transmission.

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Antigens, ViralCOVID-19Point-of-Care TestingSARS-CoV-2Coronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsFluorescenceFluorescent DyesHumansImmunoassayLimit of DetectionPaperSilicon DioxideSilverAntigens, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsFluorescent DyesSilicon DioxideSilver

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PMID39834249
PMCPMC12517765

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