Photonic Sensors, Volume. 15, Issue 1, 250132(2025)
Surface Functionalized Plasmonic Sensors for Uric Acid Detection With Gold-Graphene Stacked Nanocomposites
This study presented a surface-functionalized sensor probe using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) self-assembled monolayers on a Kretschmann-configured plasmonic platform. The probe featured stacked nanocomposites of gold (via sputtering) and graphene quantum dots (GQD, via spin-coating) for highly sensitive and accurate uric acid (UA) detection within the physiological ranges. Characterization encompassed the field emission scanning electron microscopy for detailed imaging, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy for elemental analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for molecular identification. Surface functionalization increased sensor sensitivity by 60.64%, achieving 0.022 1 °/(mg/dL) for the gold-GQD probe and 0.035 5 °/(mg/dL) for the gold-APTES-GQD probe, with linear correlation coefficients of 0.824 9 and 0.850 9, respectively. The highest sensitivity was 0.070 6 °/(mg/dL), with a linear correlation coefficient of 0.993 and a low limit of detection of 0.2 mg/dL. Furthermore, binding affinity increased dramatically, with the Langmuir constants of 14.29 μM−1 for the gold-GQD probe and 0.000 1 μM−1 for the gold-APTES-GQD probe, representing a 142 900-fold increase. The probe demonstrated notable reproducibility and repeatability with relative standard deviations of 0.166% and 0.013%, respectively, and exceptional temporal stability of 99.66%. These findings represented a transformative leap in plasmonic UA sensors, characterized by enhanced precision, reliability, sensitivity, and increased surface binding capacity, synergistically fostering unprecedented practicality.
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ONIFADE Olabisi Abdullahi, MOHAMAD AZRI Dinie Dayana, ABU BAKAR Muhammad Hafiz, ALRESHEEDI Mohammed Thamer, NG Eng Khoon, MAHDI Mohd Adzir, MUHAMMAD NOOR Ahmad Shukri. Surface Functionalized Plasmonic Sensors for Uric Acid Detection With Gold-Graphene Stacked Nanocomposites[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2025, 15(1): 250132
Received: Mar. 27, 2024
Accepted: May. 13, 2025
Published Online: May. 13, 2025
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