@inproceedings{1c613b4d473b44d69ead400123b11ca7,
title = "A long period grating-based platform for the detection of E. coli proteins",
abstract = "A Long Period Grating (LPG)-based platform for the detection of E. coli outer membranes proteins (EcOMPs) is presented. The sensing probe is achieved by the functionalization of a LPG inscribed in a single mode fiber (SMF28) with a DNA-aptamer resulting in a label-free configuration capable of specific recognize EcOMPs in waters. Measurement takes place by tracking the variations induced in the resonance wavelength by the refractive index changes at the fiber surface (≈100 nm/RIU). The sensing head was characterized and tested against EcOMPs and applied to spiked environmental water samples. The sensor displayed logarithmic responses in the range of 0.1 nM to 10 nM EcOMPs and is regenerated (under low pH conditions) and the deviation of the subsequent detection was less than 0.1 %.",
keywords = "Aptamer, Biosensor, E. coli, Evanescent field, Long Period Gratings",
author = "Queir{\'o}s, {Raquel Barbosa} and Gouveia, {Carlos A. J.} and Fernandes, {Jos{\'e} R. A.} and Marques, {Paulo V. S.} and Noronha, {Jo{\~a}o Paulo da Costa de} and Sales, {M. Goreti F.}",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1117/12.2025811",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-8194-9601-0",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering",
editor = "Costa, {M. F. P. C. M.}",
booktitle = "8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting, RIAO 2013 and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, OPTILAS 2013",
note = "8th Iberoamerican Optics Meeting, RIAO 2013 and 11th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Applications, OPTILAS 2013 ; Conference date: 22-07-2013 Through 26-07-2013",
}