Abstract
Commercially available, near-infrared fluorescent squaraine dyes (Seta-635 and Seta-670) were covalently bound to antibodies and employed in surface enhanced immunoassay. From fluorescence intensity and lifetime changes determined for a surface which had been coated with silver nanoparticles as well as a non-coated glass surface, both labeled compounds exhibited a 15- to 20-fold enhancement of fluorescence on the silver-coated surface compared to that achieved on the non-coated surface. In addition, the fluorescence lifetime changed drastically for both labels in the case of silver-coated surfaces. The fluorescence signal enhancement obtained for the two dyes was greater than that previously recorded for Rhodamine Red-X and AlexaFluor-647 labels.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 41-46 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Dyes and Pigments |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Enhanced fluorescence immunoassays
- Near-infrared fluorescent squaraine dyes
- Sensors
- Seta dyes
- Silver island films
- Total internal reflection