DocumentCode :
2294948
Title :
Detection of bacteria using a photoluminescence-based quantum semiconductor device
Author :
Duplan, Valérie ; Frost, Eric ; Dubowski, Jan J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
fYear :
2011
fDate :
18-20 May 2011
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
The detection of Escherichia coli is demonstrated in situ using photoluminescence emission from antibody biofunctionalized GaAs/AlGaAs epitaxial microstructures. Current approach allows detecting 104 CFU/ml of bacteria in less than 120 minutes.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; biochemistry; bioluminescence; biosensors; gallium arsenide; macromolecules; microorganisms; molecular biophysics; photoluminescence; quantum well devices; semiconductor epitaxial layers; GaAs-AlGaAs; antibody biofunctionalized epitaxial microstructures; bacteria detection; escherichia coli; in-situ photoluminescence-based quantum semiconductor device; Biosensors; Epitaxial growth; Gallium arsenide; Microorganisms; Microstructure; Photoluminescence; Photonics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953746
Filename :
5953746
Link To Document :
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