Bio-affinity Chemical Sensors for in Vivo Monitoring of Bio-active Substances

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The purpose of this research project was to accomplish the biosensing system which can detect the endogenous chemical substances influencing neuronal activities in the brain. For this purpose, the characteristics of the following sensors were studied ; (1) enzyme microdialysis biosensor and (2) a quarts crystal microbalance biosensor for immunosorbent assay.1. Enzyme microdialysis biosensorThe concentric biosensor was consisted of glass body with a semi-permeable membrane at the tip, working electrode and an inlet and outlet capillary for the perfusion of enzyme solution. The working electrode and the inlet capillary were inserted into a semi-permeable hollow fiber (o.d.=220 μm). The advantage of the biosensor was that the micro-environment around the working electrode could be easily changed by perfusing the enzyme solution. Glucose oxidase was used in this study and steady state response of the sensor was proportional to the glucose concentration up to 5mM.The detection limit of the … More glucose concentration was 0.01 mM.The decrease in the sensitivity caused by the reduction of dissolved oxygen concentration was overcome by using ferrocene carboxyaldehyde as an electron mediator.2. Quarts crystal microbalance biosensorThe piezoelectric crystals were studied under various operational conditions and were also applied to the determination of human IgG concentration. AT-cut crystals, with a basic resonant frequency of 9 MHz, were modified by immobilizing goat anti-human IgG onto the surface of crystal electrode with tyramine and glutaraldehyde. The immobilization technique improved the long term stability of the biosensor, and the change in frequency caused by the adsorption of material onto the surface of electrode was confirmed to be 1 Hz/ng. The shift in frequency resulting from the reaction of human IgG and goat anti-human IgG correlated with a concentration range of 10μg/ml-50 μg/ml. The suitability of this technique for neurophysiological studies was confirmed for investigation of the chemical fluctuations in vivo. Less