烟草花叶病毒在受限空间下的自组装行为

以烟草花叶病毒(TMV)为基本构建单元,研究了其在毛细管、载玻片-载玻片和柱透镜-硅片3种不同受限空间下的自组装行为。 结果表明,由于接触线有规律、重复性的粘滑运动,在3种受限体系下TMV均可组装得到高度规整的条带结构。 在毛细管内组装可得到垂直于管的长轴方向的有序条带。 随接触线深入管中心,条带跨距(l)与带宽(w)均逐渐增大。 在2个平行载玻片所构成的可控空间内所得到的条带以2条互相垂直的中心线为轴对称排列,并沿从载玻片边缘至轴向中心方向条带跨距和带宽梯度增大。 同样,利用柱透镜 硅片所组成的体系可得到类似平行线状条带,其跨距、带宽及条带高度沿从外部边缘至柱透镜/硅片接触中心方向逐渐减小。 在3种体系下,棒状TMV粒子均平行于接触线的方向取向。 TMV浓度对组装结构具有显著影响,随着浓度的增加,条带跨距和带宽均增加,直至条带结构消失形成连续膜。     

Theoretical and experimental analysis of negative dielectrophoresis-induced particle trajectories

Many biomedical analysis applications require trapping and manipulating single cells and cell clusters within microfluidic devices. Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a label-free technique that can achieve flexible cell trapping, without physical barriers, using electric field gradients created in the device by an electrode microarray. Little is known about how fluid flow forces created by the electrodes, such as thermally driven convection and electroosmosis, affect DEP-based cell capture under high conductance media conditions that simulate physiologically relevant fluids such as blood or plasma. Here, we compare theoretical trajectories of particles under the influence of negative DEP (nDEP) with observed trajectories of real particles in a high conductance buffer. We used 10-µm diameter polystyrene beads as model cells and tracked their trajectories in the DEP microfluidic chip. The theoretical nDEP trajectories were in close agreement with the observed particle behavior. This agreement indicates that the movement of the particles was highly dominated by the DEP force and that contributions from thermal- and electroosmotic-driven flows were negligible under these experimental conditions. The analysis protocol developed here offers a strategy that can be applied to future studies with different applied voltages, frequencies, conductivities, and polarization properties of the targeted particles and surrounding medium. These findings motivate further DEP device development to manipulate particle trajectories for trapping applications.     

Experimental study of dielectrophoresis and liquid dielectrophoresis mechanisms for particle capture in a droplet

This work presents a microfluidic system that can transport, concentrate, and capture particles in a controllable droplet. Dielectrophoresis (DEP), a phenomenon in which a force is exerted on a dielectric particle when it is subjected to a non-uniform electric field, is used to manipulate particles. Liquid dielectrophoresis (LDEP), a phenomenon in which a liquid moves toward regions of high electric field strength under a non-uniform electric field, is used to manipulate the fluid. In this study, a mechanism of droplet creation presented in a previous work that uses DEP and LDEP is improved. A driving electrode with a DEP gap is used to prevent beads from getting stuck at the interface between air and liquid, which is actuated with an AC signal of 200 V(pp) at a frequency of 100 kHz. DEP theory is used to calculate the DEP force in the liquid, and LDEP theory is used to analyze the influence of the DEP gap. The increment of the actuation voltage due to the electrode with a DEP gap is calculated. A set of microwell electrodes is used to capture a bead using DEP force, which is actuated with an AC signal of 20 V(pp) at a frequency of 5 MHz. A simulation is carried out to investigate the dimensions of the DEP gap and microwell electrodes. Experiments are performed to demonstrate the creation of a 100-nL droplet and the capture of individual 10-μm polystyrene latex beads in the droplet.     

Dielectrophoresis switching with vertical sidewall electrodes for microfluidic flow cytometry

A novel dielectrophoresis switching with vertical electrodes in the sidewall of microchannels for multiplexed switching of objects has been designed, fabricated and tested. With appropriate electrode design, lateral DEP force can be generated so that one can dynamically position particulates along the width of the channel. A set of interdigitated electrodes in the sidewall of the microchannels is used for the generation of non-uniform electrical fields to generate negative DEP forces that repel beads/cells from the sidewalls. A countering DEP force is generated from another set of electrodes patterned on the opposing sidewall. These lateral negative DEP forces can be adjusted by the voltage and frequency applied. By manipulating the coupled DEP forces, the particles flowing through the microchannel can be positioned at different equilibrium points along the width direction and continue to flow into different outlet channels. Experimental results for switching biological cells and polystyrene microbeads to multiple outlets (up to 5) have been achieved. This novel particle switching technique can be integrated with other particle detection components to enable microfluidic flow cytometry systems.     

联苯胺-H_2O_2-HRP伏安酶联免疫分析体系测定植物病毒TMV和TRSV

提出了联苯胺－Ｈ２Ｏ２－辣根过氧化物酶（ＨＲＰ）伏安酶联免疫分析体系测定植物病毒烟草花叶病毒（ＴＭＶ）和烟草环斑病毒（ＴＲＳＶ）的新方法。ＨＲＰ标记的羊抗兔酶标记抗体ＩｇＧ－ＨＲＰ可以催化Ｈ２Ｏ２氧化联苯胺的反应,其氧化产物在Ｂｒｉｔｏｎ－Ｒｏｂｉｎｓｏｎ（ＢＲ）缓冲溶液中在－０．６２Ｖ（ＳＣＥ）左右产生灵敏的线性扫描二阶导数伏安峰,可以测定ＩｇＧ－ＨＲＰ。根据ＩｇＧ－ＨＲＰ与植物病毒及其抗血清的免疫反应,可以间接测定植物病毒。本法测定ＴＭＶ的检出限为０．２５ｎｇ／ｍＬ,线性范围为０．２５～５０００ｎｇ／ｍＬ;测定ＴＲＳＶ的检出限为１．５ｎｇ／ｍＬ,线性范围为１．５～３０００ｎｇ／ｍＬ;测定ＴＭＶ烟草病叶澄清液的最高稀释比为１∶１００００。检测灵敏度高于酶联免疫吸附显色光度法（ＥＬＩＳＡ）     

Polarization behavior of polystyrene particles under direct current and low‐frequency (<1 kHz) electric fields in dielectrophoretic systems

The relative polarization behavior of micron and submicron polystyrene particles was investigated under direct current and very low frequency (<1 kHz) alternating current electric fields. Relative polarization of particles with respect to the suspending medium is expressed in terms of the Clausius–Mossotti factor, a parameter of crucial importance in dielectrophoretic‐based operations. Particle relative polarization was studied by employing insulator‐based dielectrophoretic (iDEP) devices. The effects of particle size, medium conductivity, and frequency (10–1000 Hz) of the applied electric potential on particle response were assessed through experiments and mathematical modeling with COMSOL Multiphysics^®. Particles of different sizes (100–1000 nm diameters) were introduced into iDEP devices fabricated from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and their dielectrophoretic responses under direct and alternating current electric fields were recorded and analyzed in the form of images and videos. The results illustrated that particle polarizability and dielectrophoretic response depend greatly on particle size and the frequency of the electric field. Small particles tend to exhibit positive DEP at higher frequencies (200–1000 Hz), while large particles exhibit negative DEP at lower frequencies (20–200 Hz). These differences in relative polarization can be used for the design of iDEP‐based separations and analysis of particle mixtures.     

Cross-scale electric manipulations of cells and droplets by frequency-modulated dielectrophoresis and electrowetting

Two important electric forces, dielectrophoresis (DEP) and electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD), are demonstrated by dielectric-coated electrodes on a single chip to manipulate objects on different scales, which results in a dielectrophoretic concentrator in an EWOD-actuated droplet. By applying appropriate electric signals with different frequencies on identical electrodes, EWOD and DEP can be selectively generated on the proposed chip. At low frequencies, the applied voltage is consumed mostly in the dielectric layer and causes EWOD to pump liquid droplets on the millimetre scale. However, high frequency signals establish electric fields in the liquid and generate DEP forces to actuate cells or particles on the micrometre scale inside the droplet. For better performance of EWOD and DEP, square and strip electrodes are designed, respectively. Mammalian cells (Neuro-2a) and polystyrene beads are successfully actuated by a 2 MHz signal in a droplet by positive DEP and negative DEP, respectively. Droplet splitting is achieved by EWOD with a 1 kHz signal after moving cells or beads to one side of the droplet. Cell concentration, measured by a cell count chamber before and after experiments, increases 1.6 times from 8.6 x 10(5) cells ml(-1) to 1.4 x 10(6) cells ml(-1) with a single cycle of positive DEP attraction. By comparing the cutoff frequency of the voltage drop in the dielectric layer and the cross-over frequency of Re(fCM) of the suspended particles, we can estimate the frequency-modulated behaviors between EWOD, positive DEP, and negative DEP. A proposed weighted Re(fCM) facilitates analysis of the DEP phenomenon on dielectric-coated electrodes.     

New addresses on an addressable virus nanoblock; uniquely reactive Lys residues on cowpea mosaic virus

Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) is a robust, icosahedrally symmetric platform successfully used for attaching a variety of molecular substrates including proteins, fluorescent labels, and metals. The symmetric distribution and high local concentration of the attached molecules generates novel properties for the 30 nm particles. We report new CPMV reagent particles generated by systematic replacement of surface lysines with arginine residues. The relative reactivity of each lysine on the native particle was determined, and the two most reactive lysine residues were then created as single attachment sites by replacing all other lysines with arginine residues. Structural analysis of gold derivatization not only corroborated the specific reactivity of these unique lysine residues but also demonstrated their dramatically different presentation environment. Combined with site-directed cystine mutations, it is now possible to uniquely double label CPMV, expanding its use as an addressable nanoblock.     

Quantitative modeling of dielectrophoretic traps

We present quantitative modeling software for simulating multiple forces acting on a single particle in a microsystem. In this paper, we focus on dielectrophoretic (DEP) trapping of single cells against fluid flow. The software effectively models the trapping behavior for a range of particles including beads, mammalian cells, viruses, and bacteria. In addition, the software can be used to reveal useful information about the DEP traps - such as multipolar DEP force effects, trap size-selectivity, and effects from varying the flow chamber height. Our modeling software thus serves as a predictive tool, enabling the design of novel DEP traps with superior performance over existing trap geometries. In addition, the software can evaluate a range of trap dimensions to determine the effects on trapping behavior, thus optimizing the trap geometry before it is even fabricated. The software is freely available to the scientific community at: .     

Dielectrophoretic manipulation and separation of microparticles using curved microelectrodes

This paper presents the development and experimental analysis of a dielectrophoresis (DEP) system, which is used for the manipulation and separation of microparticles in liquid flow. The system is composed of arrays of microelectrodes integrated to a microchannel. Novel curved microelectrodes are symmetrically placed with respect to the centre of the microchannel with a minimum gap of 40 μm. Computational fluid dynamics method is utilised to characterise the DEP field and predict the dynamics of particles. The performance of the system is assessed with microspheres of 1, 5 and 12 μm diameters. When a high‐frequency potential is applied to microelectrodes a spatially varying electric field is induced in the microchannel, which creates the DEP force. Negative‐DEP behaviour is observed with particles being repelled from the microelectrodes. The particles of different dimensions experience different DEP forces and thus settle to separate equilibrium zones across the microchannel. Experiments demonstrate the capability of the system as a field flow fraction tool for sorting microparticles according to their dimensions and dielectric properties.     

球状功能性烟草花叶病毒纳米颗粒的制备及表征

烟草花叶病毒(TMV)由于其良好的生物相容性、单分散性、多价性、低成本等优点,已作为功能材料的基本构筑单元应用于光电器件、组织工程、疫苗载体,无机纳米材料制备等研究领域。然而,相比于棒状的TMV,球状TMV纳米颗粒无核酸分子,抗环境影响能力更强,比表面积更大。本文利用蛋白质的热致变性原理,对经基因和化学改性后的棒状TMV如半胱氨酸突变体(TMV-Cys)、赖氨酸突变体(TMV-EPMK)和β-环糊精(β-CD)修饰的TMV(TMV-β-CD)进行热变性处理,探究其形成球型纳米颗粒(TMV-SNP)的能力及功能性。结果显示,改性后的TMV经历热变性后可得到形貌均一的球型纳米颗粒,且其暴露在纳米颗粒表面的功能基团Cys、Lys和β-CD仍具有反应活性。     

Electro-optic properties of organic nanotubes

In this review article the theoretical and experimental possibilities of applying EO-methods for estimation of the physico-chemical properties of the organic nanotubes (ONTs) are studied. The ONTs are highly organized nanostructures of strongly elongated, anysometric, and hollow cylinders with a size range of 1 nm to 10,000 nm, e.g. in aqueous solutions they could behave as colloid (disperse) particles. They have high interaction ability due to their extremely large curved, rolled-up external surfaces (bilayers of membrane walls) and unique properties because of their specific electric charge distribution and dynamics that make possible the functionalization of their surfaces. Thus they could template guestsubstances such as membrane proteins and protein complexes on the exterior surfaces and in the membrane. We performed our investigations for the case of ONT aqueous colloid suspension. Following our earlier proposition of the general expression for the electro-optic (EO) effect we derived equations for the evaluation of the electric properties of ONT particles such as mechanism of electric polarization and identification of their most important electric Dipole Moments (DM), permanent (pDM) and induced (iDMs). Further we recommend ways for the calculation of their magnitude and direction. Also we evaluated some geometrical properties such as length of the ONT particles and their polydispersity. The knowledge that we provided about the ONT properties may enable us to elucidate and predict their biological activity. Templating biological active ligands (such as membrane proteins and protein complexes) on the inner and outer surfaces as well as in the surface membrane creates their potential usefulness as carrier and deliverer of biopharmaceuticals in bio-nanodevices. The theoretical equations were compared with the experimental data for ONTs such as (lipid) LNT, Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) and microtubules (MT). Comparison of EO methods with other methods used till now shows that the EO methods are faster, not invasive and do not alter the studied particles.     

Natural supramolecular building blocks. Wild-type cowpea mosaic virus

Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) can be isolated in gram quantities, possesses a structure that is known to atomic resolution, and is quite stable. It is therefore of potential use as a molecular entity in synthesis, particularly as a building block on the nanochemical scale. CPMV was found to possess a lysine residue with enhanced reactivity in each asymmetric unit, and thus 60 such lysines per virus particle. The identity of this residue was established by a combination of acylation, protein digestion, and mass spectrometry. Under forcing conditions, up to four lysine residues per asymmetric unit can be addressed. In combination with engineered cysteine reactivity described in the accompanying paper, this provides a powerful platform for the alteration of the chemical and physical properties of CPMV particles.     

Dielectrophoretic choking phenomenon in a converging‐diverging microchannel for Janus particles

The dielectrophoretic (DEP) choking phenomenon is revisited for Janus particles that are transported electrokinetically through a microchannel constriction by a direct‐current (DC) electric field. The negative DEP force that would block a particle with a diameter significantly smaller than that of the constriction at its inlet is seen to be relaxed by the rotation of the Janus particle in a direction that minimizes the magnitude of the DEP force. This allows the particle to pass through the constriction completely. An arbitrary Lagrangian‐Eulerian (ALE) numerical method is used to solve the nonlinearly coupled electric field, flow field, and moving particle, and the DEP force is calculated by the Maxwell stress tensor (MST) method. The results show how Janus particles with non‐uniform surface potentials overcome the DEP force and present new conditions for the DEP choking by a parametric study. Particle transportation through microchannel constrictions is ubiquitous, and particle surface properties are more likely to be non‐uniform than not in practical applications. This study provides new insights of importance for non‐uniform particles transported electrokinetically in a microdevice.     

A simple electrical approach to monitor dielectrophoretic focusing of particles flowing in a microchannel

This paper reports an impedance‐based system for the quantitative assessment of dielectrophoretic (DEP) focusing of single particles flowing in a microchannel. Particle lateral positions are detected in two electrical sensing zones placed before and after a DEP‐focusing region, respectively. In each sensing zone, particle lateral positions are estimated using the unbalance between the opposite pulses of a differential current signal obtained with a straightforward coplanar electrode configuration. The system is used to monitor the focusing of polystyrene beads of 7 or 10 μm diameter, under various conditions of DEP field intensities and flow rates that produce different degrees of focusing. This electrical approach represents a simple and valuable alternative to optical methods for monitoring of particle focusing systems.     

Directed self-assembly of colloidal crystals by dielectrophoretic ordering

In this Article, we report the dielectrophoretic assembly of colloidal particles and show how the kinetics of assembly and degree of ordering depend on the particle size, charge, solution ionic strength, and field strength and frequency. A special dielectrophoresis (DEP) sample cell is constructed and validated to quantitatively measure directed self-assembly via sequential light scattering and optical microscopy measurements. Our results confirm the recently established scaling for the order-disorder transition and extend it to higher scaled frequencies. The limiting scaling of the order-disorder transition and particle electrophoretic mobility are correctly predicted by the standard electrokinetic model (SEKM). In particular, the order-disorder transition line is predicted from the particle properties using a recently proposed empirical scaling law and the SEKM over an order of magnitude in particle size.     

Dielectrophoresis for manipulation of micro/nano particles in microfluidic systems

Dielectrophoretic (DEP) force is exerted when a neutral particle is polarized in a non-uniform electric field, and depends on the dielectric properties of the particle and the suspending medium. The integration of DEP and microfluidic systems offers numerous applications for the separation, trapping, assembling, transportation, and characterization of micro/nano particles. This article reviews the applications of DEP forces in microfluidic systems. It presents the theory of dielectrophoresis, different configurations, and the applications of such systems for particle manipulation and device fabrication.     

烟草花叶病毒的特定位点改性及应用

病毒是自然界中已知结构最简单却侵染能力极强的生物,作为一种典型的一维棒状植物病毒,烟草花叶病毒(TMV)具有单分散的形貌与尺寸(18nm×300nm)、明确的空间结构、丰富的表面化学基团,且对哺乳动物不具有致病性,已广泛应用于电子器件、传感、成像、生物医用材料的研究。本文简述了对TMV进行基因工程或化学改性的多种方法及应用进展,并主要介绍了烟草花叶病毒在生物医用材料领域的潜在应用。     

Microfluidic system for dielectrophoretic separation based on a trapezoidal electrode array

This paper presents a novel microfluidic device for dielectrophoretic separation based on a trapezoidal electrode array (TEA). In this method, particles with different dielectric properties are separated by the device composed of the TEA for the dielectrophoretic deflection of particles under negative dielectrophoresis (DEP) and poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) microfluidic channel with a sinuous and expanded region. Polystyrene microparticles are exposed to an electric field generated from the TEA in the microfluidic channel and are dielectrophoretically focused to make all of them line up to one sidewall. When these particles arrive at the region of another TEA for dielectrophoretic separation, they are separated having different positions along the perpendicular direction to the fluid flow due to their different dielectrophoretic velocities. To evaluate the separation process and performance, both the effect of the flow rate on dielectrophoretic focusing and the influence of the number of trapezoidal electrodes on dielectrophoretic separation are investigated. Now that this method utilizes the TEA as a source of negative DEP, non-specific particle adhering to the electrode surface can be prevented; conventional separation approaches depending on the positive DEP force suffer from this problem. In addition, since various particle types are continuously separated, this method can be easily applicable to the separation and analysis of various dielectric particles with high particle recovery and selectivity.     

Comparison of Electrochemical and Spectro-Photometric Detection in Hrp-Based Elisa for Tobacco Mosaic Virus

ABSTRACT

An electrochemical method was compared with a spectrophotometric method using a horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-based indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with direct antigen coating (DAC) technique for the determination of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). In substrates for a spectrophotometric HRP-based ELISA method, was selected as the substrate for the electrochemical method as well as the spectrophotometric method. 2, 3-Diaminophenazine is the product of the oxidation of OPD with H₂O₂ catalyzed by HRP in the selected conditions. It is electroactive and has a sensitive voltammetric response at -0.93 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in alkaline solution. The detection limit of free HRP, by second-order derivative linear-sweep voltammetry, is 1.1 mU/L. This method can be further used to detect TMV antigen. The peak current is linear with TMV concentration in the range of 0.25-5.0 ng/mL. The detection limit for TMV is 0.25 ng/mL and the highest dilution ratio detected for the infected leaf sap is 1:102400. Compared with the classical OPD ELISA spectrophotometric method, the detection limits of the electrochemical method for the clarified TMV and the infected leaf sap detection are about ten and four times lower, respectively.