Biological passivation of porous silicon by a self-assembled nanometric biofilm of proteins

Luca De Stefano III; Ilaria Rea; Edoardo De Tommasi; Paola Giardina; Annunziata Armenante; Sara Longobardi; Michele Giocondo; Ivo Rendina

doi:10.1117/1.3266496

1 October 2009 Biological passivation of porous silicon by a self-assembled nanometric biofilm of proteins

Luca De Stefano III, Ilaria Rea, Edoardo De Tommasi, Paola Giardina, Annunziata Armenante, Sara Longobardi, Michele Giocondo, Ivo Rendina

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 031985 (October 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3266496

Abstract

Self-assembled monolayers are surfaces consisting of a single layer of molecules on a substrate: widespread examples of chemical and biological nature are alkylsiloxane, fatty acids, and alkanethiolate which can be deposited by different techniques on a large variety of substrates ranging from metals to oxides. We have found that a self-assembled biofilm of proteins can passivate porous silicon (PSi) based optical structures without affecting the transducing properties. Moreover, the protein coated PSi layer can also be used as a functionalized surface for proteomic applications.

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Luca De Stefano III, Ilaria Rea, Edoardo De Tommasi, Paola Giardina, Annunziata Armenante, Sara Longobardi, Michele Giocondo, and Ivo Rendina "Biological passivation of porous silicon by a self-assembled nanometric biofilm of proteins," Journal of Nanophotonics 3(1), 031985 (1 October 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3266496

Published: 1 October 2009

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