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  • Title: Surface characterization and efficiency of a matrix-free and flat carboxylated gold sensor chip for surface plasmon resonance (SPR).
    Author: Roussille L, Brotons G, Ballut L, Louarn G, Ausserré D, Ricard-Blum S.
    Journal: Anal Bioanal Chem; 2011 Sep; 401(5):1601-17. PubMed ID: 21755270.
    Abstract:
    We report the preparation and characterization of a matrix-free carboxylated surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor chip with high sensing efficiency by functionalizing a bare gold thin film with a self-assembled monolayer of 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (SAM-MHDA chip). The self assembled monolayer surface coverage of the gold layer was carefully evaluated and the SAM was characterized by infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray reflectivity-diffraction, and SPR experiments with bovine serum albumin. We compared the SPR signal obtained on this chip made of a dense monolayer of carboxylic acid groups with commercially available carboxylated sensor chips built on the same gold substrate, a matrix-free C1 chip, and a CM5 chip with a ~100 nm dextran hydrogel matrix (GE Healthcare). Two well-studied interaction types were tested, the binding of a biotinylated antibody (immunoglobulin G) to streptavidin and an antigen-antibody interaction. For both interactions, the well characterized densely functionalized SAM-MHDA chip gave a high signal-to-noise ratio and showed a gain in the availability of immobilized ligands for their partners injected in buffer flow. It thus compared favourably with commercially available sensor chips.
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