文摘
A new type of encoded bead, which uses surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), is described formultiplex immunoassays. Silver nanoparticles were embedded in sulfonated polystyrene (PS) beads via apolyol method, and they were used as SERS-active substrates. Raman-label organic compounds such as4-methylbenzenethiol (4-MT), 2-naphthalenethiol (2-NT), and benzenethiol (BT) were then adsorbed ontothe silver nanoparticles in the sulfonated PS bead. Although only three kinds of encoding have beendemonstrated here, various combinations of these Raman-label organic compounds have the potential togive a large number of tags. The Raman-label-incorporated particles were then coated with a silica shellusing tetraethoxyorthosilicate (TEOS) for chemical stability and biocompatibility. The resulting beads showedunique and intense Raman signals for the labeled organic compounds. We demonstrated that SERS-encodedbeads could be used for multiplex detection with a model using streptavidin and p53. In our system, thebinding event of target molecules and the type of ligand can be simultaneously recognized by Ramanspectroscopy using a single laser-line excitation (514.5 nm).