Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for C-Reactive Protein Detection
Ming‐Jer Jeng, Mukta Sharma, Ying-Chang Li, Yichen Lu, Chia‐Yu Yu, Chia-Lung Tsai, Shiang‐Fu Huang, Liann‐Be Chang, Chao‐Sung Lai
Abstract
) substrates were used to study their frequency response characteristics in a SAW sensor with a CRP sensing area. After the fabrication of the SAW sensor, the immobilization process was performed for CRP/anti-CRP interaction. The CRP/anti-CRP interaction can be detected as mass variations in the sensing area. These mass variations may produce changes in the amplitude of sensor response. It was clearly observed that a CRP concentration of 0.1 μg/mL can be detected in the proposed SAW sensor. A good fitting linear relationship between the detected insertion loss (amplitude) and the concentrations of CRP from 0.1 μg/mL to 1 mg/mL was obtained. The detected shifts in the amplitude of insertion loss in SAW sensors for different CRP concentrations may be useful in the diagnosis of risk of cardiovascular diseases.