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Title: Frequency-domain birefringence measurement of biological binding to magnetic nanoparticles.

Authors: Ku, Benjamin Y; Chan, Mei-Lin; Ma, Zhiya; Horsley, David A

Published In J Magn Magn Mater, (2008)

Abstract: Optical detection of the frequency-dependent magnetic relaxation signal is used to monitor the binding of biological molecules to magnetic nanoparticles in a ferrofluid. Biological binding reactions cause changes in the magnetic relaxation signal due to an increase in the average hydrodynamic diameter of the nanoparticles. To allow the relaxation signal to be detected in dilute ferrofluids, measurements are made using a balanced photodetector, resulting in a 25 μV/√Hz noise floor, within 50% of the theoretical limit imposed by photon shot noise. Measurements of a ferrofluid composed of magnetite nanoparticles coated with anti-IgG antibodies show that the average hydrodynamic diameter increases from 115.2 to 125.4 nm after reaction with IgG.

PubMed ID: 20463913 Exiting the NIEHS site

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