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A compact long-wavelength fluorescence detection system and its application to flow injection immunoassay

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posted on 2016-08-08, 09:07 authored by Sijung HuSijung Hu, Martin T. French, Derek A. Palmer, Mark Evans, Sue M. Zhou, G. Hussain Sarpara, James N. Miller
A compact and robust long-wavelength fluorescence detection system (LWFDS) has been constructed using a pulsed diode laser as the light source and a photodiode detector. The detection limits for naphthofluorescein (NF) and the cyanine dyes Cy5 and Cy5.5 at pH 8.8, determined using the LWFDS, were 1.0 × 10-10, 2.3 × 10-12 and 6.2 × 10-11M, respectively. These values compared favourably with data from a commercial research grade fluorescence spectrometer. The LWFDS instrument was used as the detector for a competitive heterogeneous flow injection immunoassay for α-interferon with Cy5 as the label. A calibration graph usable over the range 0.5-10 μg ml-1 α-interferon was obtained. The instrument demonstrated its potential for rapid ( <200s per sample) multi-analyte assays and for field monitoring.

Funding

S.J.H. acknowledges financial support from Loughborough University and from Kalibrant Limited. We also thank Glaxo-Wellcome for gifts of α-interferon and its antibodies.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volume

454

Issue

1

Pages

31 - 35

Citation

HU, S. ... et al., 2002. A compact long-wavelength fluorescence detection system and its application to flow injection immunoassay. Analytica Chimica Acta, 454 (1), pp.31-35.

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© Elsevier

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Publication date

2002

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Closed access.

ISSN

0003-2670

Language

  • en

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