Protein functionalized ZnO thin film bulk acoustic resonator as an odorant biosensor

Xiubo Zhao, Gregory M. Ashley, Luis Garcia-Gancedo, Hao Jin, Jikui Luo, Andrew J. Flewitt, Jian R. Lu

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    Abstract

    ZnO thin film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) with resonant frequency of ∼1.5 GHz have been fabricated to function as an odorant biosensor. Physical adsorption of an odorant binding protein (AaegOBP22 from Aedes aegypti) resulted in frequency down shift. N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) has been selected as a ligand to the odorant binding protein (OBP). Alternate exposure of the bare FBARs to nitrogen flow with and without DEET vapor did not cause any noticeable frequency change. However, frequency drop was detected when exposing the OBP loaded FBAR sensors to the nitrogen flow containing DEET vapor against nitrogen flow alone (control) and the extent of frequency shift was proportional to the amount of the protein immobilized on the FBAR surface, indicating a linear response to DEET binding. These findings demonstrate the potential of binding protein functionalized FBARs as odorant biosensors. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)242-246
    Number of pages4
    JournalSensors and Actuators B: Chemical: international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers
    Volume163
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2012

    Keywords

    • Biosensor
    • DEET
    • FBAR
    • Gas sensor
    • Odorant binding protein

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