Abstract
This paper demonstrates fabrication of silica-shell-coated magnetic nanoparticle clusters (SMNCs) and subsequent surface engineering of SMNCs to produce surface-modified SMNCs that have zwitterionic and primary amine ligands (SMNC-ZW/Am). SMNC-ZW/Am was passivated by zwitterionic ligands for improved colloidal stability and reduced nonspecific adsorption and by primary amine ligands for facilitated conjugation with biomolecules. Hydrodynamic (HD) size and zeta potential of SMNC-ZW/Am could be flexibly tuned by controlling the relative amounts of zwitterionic and primary amine ligands. SMNC-ZW/Am had higher colloidal stability in high salt concentration and broad pH range than did bare SMNC. Nonspecific adsorption with biomolecules onto SMNC-ZW/Am surface was significantly suppressed by the zwitterionic ligands. The facile bioconjugation capability of SWNC-ZW/Am enabled conjugation of biotin and antibody to the SWNC-ZW/Am surface. Biomolecule-conjugated SMNC-ZW/Am showed specific binding affinity to streptavidin and Salmonella bacteria, with reduced nonspecific adsorption; therefore, SWMC-ZW/Am has potential use as an antifouling nanosubstrate for separation and bioanalysis.
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