Elsevier, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, (54), p. 679-686, 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.11.054
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The first example of an all-organic oligofluorene truxene based distributed feedback laser for the detection of a specific protein-small molecule interaction is reported. The protein avidin was detected down to 1μgmL(-1) using our biotin-labelled biosensor platform. This interaction was both selective and reversible when biotin was replaced with desthiobiotin. Avidin detection was not perturbed by Bovine Serum Albumin up to 50,000μgmL(-1). Our biosensor offers a new detection platform that is both highly sensitive, modular and potentially re-usable.