Low-Level Detection of Poly(amidoamine) PAMAM Dendrimers Using Immunoimaging Scanning Probe Microscopy
Author(s) -
Chevelle A. Cason,
Thomas A. Fabré,
Andrew Buhrlage,
Kristi L. Haik,
Heather A. Bullen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of analytical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.352
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1687-8779
pISSN - 1687-8760
DOI - 10.1155/2012/341260
Subject(s) - poly(amidoamine) , dendrimer , amidoamine , microscopy , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , medicine , pathology
Immunoimaging scanning probe microscopy was utilized for the low-level detection and quantification of biotinylated G4 poly(amidoamine) PAMAM dendrimers. Results were compared to those of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and found to provide a vastly improved analytical method for the low-level detection of dendrimers, improving the limit of detection by a factor of 1000 (LOD = 2.5 × 10 −13 moles). The biorecognition method is reproducible and shows high specificity and good accuracy. In addition, the capture assay platform shows a promising approach to patterning dendrimers for nanotechnology applications.
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