• 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
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2294948