title: Microscopic mechanisms influencing the volume amplified magnetic nanobead detection assay.
abstract: The volume amplified magnetic nanobead detection assay [Strömberg, M., Göransson, J., Gunnarsson, K., Nilsson, M., Svedlindh, P., Strømme, M., 2008. Nano Letters 8, 816-821] was investigated with respect to bead size, bead surface coverage of probe oligonucleotides, bead concentration and rolling circle amplification (RCA) time, with the objective to improve the understanding of the microscopic mechanisms influencing the assay. The most important findings for future biosensor development were the following: (i) small beads exhibit a much reduced tendency to cross-link several RCA products, thus enabling use of both complex magnetisation turn-on and turn-off detection strategies, whereas larger beads only allow for turn-off detection; (ii) small beads exhibit faster immobilisation kinetics, thus reducing the time for diagnostic test completion, and also immobilise in larger numbers than larger beads. Finally, (iii) by demonstrating qualitative dual-target detection of bacterial DNA sequences using 130 and 250nm beads, the bioassay was shown to allow for multiplexed detection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Sciences, Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Uppsala University, The Angström Laboratory, Box 534, SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strömberg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zardán Gómez de la Torre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Göransson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gunnarsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strømme
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Svedlindh
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D018189:Immunomagnetic Separation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008904:Miniaturization; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods