Multimatrix Quant <sup>AI</sup> -LFIA: An On-Device Deep-Learning Biosensing Platform with Charge-Transfer-Active Labels for Intelligent Quantitative Analysis
Commercial gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) are widely used for point-of-care (POCT) diagnostics; however, inefficient signal transduction and the absence of intelligent interpretation result in low sensitivity and poor quantification. Here, we present an on-device platform (Multimatrix Quant AI -LFIA) that integrates deep learning for the intelligent quantitative detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) across multiple biological matrices. By employing Fe-polydopamine (Fe-PDA) as a charge-transfer-active label for signal transduction, this system displayed superior colorimetric performance owing to efficient ligand–metal charge transfer (LMCT) transitions of Fe(III), achieving an initial visual limit of detection (LOD) of 5 ng/mL within 15 min. Further, the deep learning model enabled robust quantitative analysis under varying illumination conditions, extending the dynamic range to 0.1–800 ng/mL and reducing the LOD to 0.1 ng/mL, which was 50-fold lower than the visual readout. Through transfer learning, the model demonstrated reliable adaptation to serum and urine samples, yielding strong correlations between predicted and actual SEB concentrations (R 2 > 0.90). In blind tests, the Multimatrix Quant AI -LFIA achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.924 via a self-developed smartphone application, substantially outperforming naked-eye interpretation (0.700). This on-device platform provides rapid, accurate, and matrix-adaptive quantification, offering a practical pathway toward next-generation POCTs.
Authors
- Zhanhui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0167-9559)
- Bin Di (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1907-1736)
- Yao Nie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0865-989X)
- Yanmin Ju (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-3846)
- Qi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-8730)
- W L Zuo
- Qiannan Hu
- Zhizhong Gu
- Jianjun Dai
- Jiaren Song
Institutions
- Nanjing Agricultural University (CN)
- China Pharmaceutical University (CN)
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (US)
- Département Santé Animale (FR)
- Beijing University of Agriculture (CN)
- Department of Public Health (MM)
- China Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Analytical Chemistry
- Published
- 2026-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.6c00994
- Primary Topic
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00