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2017 ; 7
(1
): 2124
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Wei Q
; Acuna G
; Kim S
; Vietz C
; Tseng D
; Chae J
; Shir D
; Luo W
; Tinnefeld P
; Ozcan A
Sci Rep
2017[May]; 7
(1
): 2124
PMID28522808
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Smartphone fluorescence microscopy has various applications in point-of-care
(POC) testing and diagnostics, ranging from e.g., quantification of immunoassays,
detection of microorganisms, to sensing of viruses. An important need in
smartphone-based microscopy and sensing techniques is to improve the detection
sensitivity to enable quantification of extremely low concentrations of target
molecules. Here, we demonstrate a general strategy to enhance the detection
sensitivity of a smartphone-based fluorescence microscope by using
surface-enhanced fluorescence (SEF) created by a thin metal-film. In this
plasmonic design, the samples are placed on a silver-coated glass slide with a
thin spacer, and excited by a laser-diode from the backside through a glass
hemisphere, generating surface plasmon polaritons. We optimized this mobile SEF
system by tuning the metal-film thickness, spacer distance, excitation angle and
polarization, and achieved ~10-fold enhancement in fluorescence intensity
compared to a bare glass substrate, which enabled us to image single fluorescent
particles as small as 50?nm in diameter and single quantum-dots. Furthermore, we
quantified the detection limit of this platform by using DNA origami-based
brightness standards, demonstrating that ~80 fluorophores per diffraction-limited
spot can be readily detected by our mobile microscope, which opens up new
opportunities for POC diagnostics and sensing applications in
resource-limited-settings.