Issue 30, 2023

Two-phase dual-signal-readout immunosensing platform based on multifunctional carbon nano-onions for ovarian cancer biomarker detection

Abstract

In order to detect early tumor markers and gain valuable time for treatment, there is an urgent need to develop a fast, cheap, and ultrasensitive multi-reading sensing platform. Herein, a solid/liquid two-phase dual-output biosensor was explored based on a sensitized sonochemiluminescence (SCL) strategy and a multifunctional carbon nano-onion (CNO) probe. It is clear that ultrasonic radiation caused the formation of hydroxyl radicals (˙OH), triggering the SCL signal of the emitter lucigenin (Luc2+). Meanwhile, titanium carbide nanodots and ethanol were used to enhance the SCL signal, and an astonishingly linear enhancement of the SCL intensity was produced with increasing ethanol concentration. More importantly, the CNOs, with their excellent photothermal properties and adsorption capacity, can output both the temperature signal and an enhanced SCL strength from the solid–liquid phase. Through inter-calibration of the signals from the two-phases, this biosensor shows excellent analytical performance for the detection of the ovarian cancer biomarker, human epididymis-specific protein 4, from 10−5 to 10 ng mL−1 with a low detection limit of 3.3 fg mL−1. This work not only provides a novel two-phase signal-output mode that broadens the scope of multiperformance joint applications of CNOs, but also enriches the quantitative detection of point-of-care testing.

Graphical abstract: Two-phase dual-signal-readout immunosensing platform based on multifunctional carbon nano-onions for ovarian cancer biomarker detection

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Apr 2023
Accepted
24 Jun 2023
First published
26 Jun 2023

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023,11, 7209-7216

Two-phase dual-signal-readout immunosensing platform based on multifunctional carbon nano-onions for ovarian cancer biomarker detection

Y. Huang, S. Zhang, Y. Chen, L. Gao, H. Dai and Y. Lin, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 7209 DOI: 10.1039/D3TB00824J

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