Chemiluminescent Nanoflower with Inherent Oxygen Vacancies for Coreactant-Free and Label-Free Immunoassay of pTau181
, named L012-Au-Fc nanoflower (LAF-NF). As a self-sufficient chemiluminescent microreactor, LAF-NF can efficiently catalyze adsorbed dissolved oxygen to generate strong, stable chemiluminescent emission without peroxide coreactants, achieving a 161-fold enhancement in the intensity over the L012 system. On this basis, a coreactant-free and label-free immunoassay for pTau181 using LAF-NF as the nanointerface was designed. The LAF-NF sensor achieved an ultrasensitive detection limit of 2.9 fg/mL and demonstrated excellent selectivity over total tau, theoretically eliminating immunoassay errors caused by epitope loss. This work offers a powerful platform for early Alzheimer's disease diagnostics.
Authors
- Mingyu Jia
- Ruoxian Zhang
- Keying Zheng
- Xile Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9157-0978)
- D D Li
- Hua Cui
- Linfeng Zhuo
- Wei Nie
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Hefei University of Technology (CN)
- Integrated Optoelectronics (Norway) (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Analytical Chemistry
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5c06993
- Primary Topic
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China