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<p>A photonic quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) has usually implemented a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) based disposable inexpensive PCR reactor, worked as the photothermal cycler, to show potential as a point-of-care test (PoCT) for detection nucleic acids. However, the PoCT type photonic qPCR has to overcome the prolonged time for the fabrication of PDMS-based PCR reactors and enable a rapid thermal cycler to shorten diagnosis time with a strong fluorescence intensity. Here, we developed a room-temperature curable titanium dioxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>) nanoparticle dispersed PDMS (TiO<sub>2</sub>-PDMS) nanocomposite to reduce the fabrication time of the PCR reactor which enhanced the speed of photothermal cycles and fluorescence signal intensity of photonic qPCR. The TiO<sub>2</sub>-PDMS nanocomposite was formulated for rapid cross-linking at the room-temperature by introducing an optimized amount of <i>Pt</i> catalyst, resulting in the fabrication of a nanocomposite-based PCR reactor within 8&#xa0;min at room-temperature. The nanocomposite-based PCR reactor enhanced the heating rate to 18.33 Cº/s and cooling rate to −3.11Cº/s because of the phonon scattering effect of TiO<sub>2</sub> in the reactor and successfully amplified λ-DNA (amplicon size of 100&#xa0;bp) within 10&#xa0;min. Finally, we improved the qPCR efficiency by 2 cycle threshold (<i>C</i><sub><i>t</i></sub>) value compared with pristine PDMS reactor and quantified up to 10 copies/µL nucleic acids by fluorescence intensity enhancement resulting from light reflections property of TiO<sub>2</sub>. By using TiO<sub>2</sub>-PDMS nanocomposite-based PCR reactors, the fast and efficient nucleic acid assay was enabled without loss of sensitivity, and it can be practically used in the field of PoCT.</p> Graphical Abstract <p></p>

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Nanocomposite-based PCR reactors to enhance thermal rate and fluorescence intensity in hand-held qPCR device

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    2025年3月23日

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  • Jiyeon Han,
  • Tiara A M,
  • Seongryeong Kim,
  • Gabriela Morales Florez,
  • Kiran Shrestha,
  • Dang Du Nguyen,
  • Inki Kim,
  • Jinkee Lee,
  • Gyoujin Cho

摘要

A photonic quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) has usually implemented a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) based disposable inexpensive PCR reactor, worked as the photothermal cycler, to show potential as a point-of-care test (PoCT) for detection nucleic acids. However, the PoCT type photonic qPCR has to overcome the prolonged time for the fabrication of PDMS-based PCR reactors and enable a rapid thermal cycler to shorten diagnosis time with a strong fluorescence intensity. Here, we developed a room-temperature curable titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticle dispersed PDMS (TiO2-PDMS) nanocomposite to reduce the fabrication time of the PCR reactor which enhanced the speed of photothermal cycles and fluorescence signal intensity of photonic qPCR. The TiO2-PDMS nanocomposite was formulated for rapid cross-linking at the room-temperature by introducing an optimized amount of Pt catalyst, resulting in the fabrication of a nanocomposite-based PCR reactor within 8 min at room-temperature. The nanocomposite-based PCR reactor enhanced the heating rate to 18.33 Cº/s and cooling rate to −3.11Cº/s because of the phonon scattering effect of TiO2 in the reactor and successfully amplified λ-DNA (amplicon size of 100 bp) within 10 min. Finally, we improved the qPCR efficiency by 2 cycle threshold (Ct) value compared with pristine PDMS reactor and quantified up to 10 copies/µL nucleic acids by fluorescence intensity enhancement resulting from light reflections property of TiO2. By using TiO2-PDMS nanocomposite-based PCR reactors, the fast and efficient nucleic acid assay was enabled without loss of sensitivity, and it can be practically used in the field of PoCT.

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