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1 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP Silicon nanophotonic biosensors Peter Bienstman PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 1

2 THE VISION PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 2

3 Deaths by infectious diseases Sheffield University, UK PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 3

4 Public health spending Sheffield University, UK PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 4

5 The problem no access to cheap, reliable diagnostics in developing world Many deaths no access to cheap, reliable diagnostics in developed world Access to expensive diagnostics, though Fewer deaths, but health care costs spiral out of control PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 5

6 The solution: lab-on-a-chip Sample preparation Sensing Read-out equipment PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 6

7 Lab-on-a-chip integrates several functions of medical lab on small chip cheap fast read-out easy to operate small sample volumes many biomolecules detected at once (called multiplexing, multiparameter analysis) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 7

8 SILICON NANOPHOTONICS PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 8

9 Silicon Photonics: optical chips intel transistor radio discrete elements 1954 pentium nanoelectronics discrete elements 2009 product photonic IC Silicon nano photonic IC 2009 research PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 9

10 Silicon Photonics: Optical Integrated Circuits PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 10

11 Normalized tansmission [db] Silicon Photonics: example Integrated spectrometer Hair at same scale 250 m 0 0 FSR=25.3nm 450 nm Transmission [db] Design/fabrication by Ghent University + IMEC wavelength [µm] PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP wavelength [nm] 11

12 Nanophotonics biosensing platform Silicon-based Cheap, CMOS mass fabrication Hundreds of ring sensors on single chip Label-free Both proteins and DNA (use case: DNA-based sepsis diagnostics in FP7 Intopsens, IMI Rappid) 12 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 12

13 INTRODUCTION TO BIOSENSING PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 13

14 Biosensors Detect presence and concentration of DNA Proteins Virus Bacteria Two classes (see later): Labeled: indirect detection of label Label-free: direct detection of biomolecule PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 14

15 Applications Diagnostics Drug development Food safety Environmental monitoring PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 15

16 Desired characteristics Low limit of detection ( sensitivity ) Selective Reproducible Multiplexed / multi-parameter Cheap Portable Fast PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 16

17 Labeled detection detect a molecule by attaching a label to it very sensitive ( mol/l) commercial product (Elisa, DNA arrays,..) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 17

18 Disadvantages to labeling? PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 18

19 Disadvantages to labeling some labels are very costly only measures final state, no kinetics label can influence properties of biomolecules strong interest in label-free sensors PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 19

20 Label-free sensors detect presence of biomolecules directly focus here: label-free optical biosensors flow with biomolecules matching biomolecule (analyte) biorecognition element (ligand) selective binding causes refractive index change PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 20

21 Index change How to measure the refractive index change? Surface plasmon sensors Dielectric evanescent wave sensors Resonant cavities Mach-Zehnder interferometers Once again, the list is not exhaustive. Also, there are many non-optical techniques (impedimetric, mass, ) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 21

22 SURFACE PLASMON SENSORS PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 22

23 Plasmons Collective oscillations of electrons in a metal PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 23

24 Surface plasmon Interaction between EM wave (light) and plasmon at an interface EM wave electrons PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 24

25 Magnitude of electric field position magnitude PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 25

26 Dispersion relation ω Determined by upper medium Determined by metal PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 26 k x

27 Coupling from air ω Light in air Light in the plasmon mode k No intersection, no coupling possible! PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 27

28 Coupling from backside ω Light in glass Light in the plasmon mode k Other material at the backside needed to get coupling PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 28

29 In practice: glass prism PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 29

30 Reflection experiment reflection angle angle PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 30

31 Towards a biosensor reflection angle angle PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 31

32 This method: SPR = surface plasmon resonance commercialised by Biacore does not scale well to optical chips limited by losses in metal PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 32

33 DIELECTRIC EVANESCENT WAVE SENSORS PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 33

34 Evanescent wave biosensor Densmore, 2008 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 34

35 High index or low index contrast? PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 35

36 Influence of mode profile profile should overlap maximally with the adlayer, and not with bulk fluid (noise!) high index contrast is best Low contrast High contrast PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 36

37 Effective index change PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 37

38 Effective index change still needs to be translated into something measurable. Many possibilities: Resonators Interferometers PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 38

39 Intensiteit [A.U.] Golflengte [nm] Verschuiving [nm] Ring resonator biosensor Wavelength shift Time trace binding buffer level resonance wavelength shift [nm] Concentration measurement Wavelength Golflengte [nm] Time avidin concentration [μg/ml] Concentration [ug/ml] PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 39

40 Camera read-out intensity wavelength [nm] PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 40

41 On-line functionalisation and protein detection Protein: 30 kda, 10 nm T. Stakenborg, imec PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 41

42 DNA hybridisation Concentrations down to 100 pm can be detected PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 42

43 Detection of individual beads Streptavidin coated metal bead signal on biotinylated surface Bead diameter = 200nm Discrete bead binding events PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 43

44 Used in many projects RAPP-ID point-of-care tests for lower respiratory tract infection, TB, sepsis joint initiative EU pharmaceutical industries CanDo Detection of free-circulating tumor cells DNA test PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 44

45 FIGURES OF MERIT FOR SENSORS PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 45

46 Towards a better sensor transmission wavelength initial biomolecules transmission Larger shift wavelength More interaction between light and molecules transmission Narrower dips wavelength High demands on read-out system, but filters noise PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 46

47 Increasing the interaction normal waveguide water slot waveguide water ~100nm wide Si Si Si SiO 2 SiO 2 100nm slot width 10 µm First yearly InTopSens Review - Gent, 13/10/09 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 47

48 wavelength shift [nm] Slot waveguide resonator Avidin biotin sensing: normal ring 87ug/ml slot ring 100ug/ml time [min] T. Claes et al., IEEE Photonics Journal, 2009 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 48

49 What are we sweeping under the rug here? PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 49

50 Sensitivity vs detection limit Sensitivity: shift of resonance wavelength (in nm) for a given excitation, e.g. Bulk sensitivity: nm / RIU (refractive index unit) Adlayer sensitivity: nm / nm Detection limit: smallest measurable excitation min Detection limit sensitivity Δλ min : smallest distinguishable wavelength shift PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 50

51 What determines Δλ min? precision of measurement equipment noise in the system (thermal, mechanical, ) design of the sensor e.g.: higher Q is better often in conflict with sensitivity quality of data analysis averaging analytical curve fitting Δλ min can get smaller than measurement resolution! PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 51

52 Back to slot waveguide We improved the sensitivity! Translation to detection limit? Normal Slot waveguide waveguide ring sensor ring sensor Sensor resolution Detection limit bulk Detection limit avidin 0.9 pm 4.5 pm 1.3e-5 RIU 1.5e-5 RIU 7 ng/ml 10 ng/ml No improvement of the detection limit Reason: losses in slot waveguide PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 52

53 VERNIER BIOSENSOR PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 53

54 A Vernier-scale (1631) is a well-known method to enhance the accuracy of measurement instruments 2 scales with different period, of which one slides along the other overlap of lines is used to perform the measurement PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 54

55 Vernier ring resonator biosensor Regime 1 Regime 2 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 55

56 Vernier sensor: implementation PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 56

57 Vernier sensor: sensitivity Huge improvement of sensitivity: 30x PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 57

58 Read-out with a broadband light source and an on-chip spectrum analyzer allows faster and cheaper interrogation tunable laser broadband light source > No need for scanning and synchronization interrogation at frame rate of camera (100Hz to several khz) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 58

59 We combined the very sensitive Vernier-sensor with an on-chip spectrum analyzer PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 59

60 The sensor signal is divided over multiple wavelength channels, and the envelope is detectable with broadband light PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 60

61 The sensor monitors refractive index changes accurately competitive detection limit ( RIU) with much cheaper source PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 61

62 GOING EVEN CHEAPER PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 62

63 The need 8.8 million new TB cases per year 5000 people dying each day 1/3 of people have latent TB Diagnostic tests exist, but are either expensive or not sensitive enough European project Pocket PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 63

64 The Pocket Transducer Data processing Mach-Zehnder Broad Silicon light nitride source waveguides interferometer + on-chip to spectral use with 850 isolated filter nm light to arm avoid for as reduced very expensive sensitive water tunable transducer absorption laser PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 64

65 Limit of detection for bulk sensing Best LOD so far: 7.2E-7 RIU PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 65

66 Preliminary protein sensing experiment 0,2 wavelength ( ) 0,1 0,0-0, time (s) 500 pg/ml protein Unlabeled! Still room for improvement in soft- and hardware PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 66

67 Disposables and readout equipment PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 67

68 TE/TM BIOSENSOR PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 68

69 Problem We measure total mass and cannot distinguish between: Need way to disentangle thickness and refractive index Aim: study conformational changes PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 69

70 Conformational analysis to hunt down allosteric inhibitors Primary binding site Allosteric binding site Allosteric binding can be protein-specific There is no high-throughput tool to visualise this PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 70

71 Dual polarisation ring 2 measurements (TE + TM) determine 2 unknowns (d + n) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 71

72 Design PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 72

73 Measurement PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 73

74 Experiments with dielectric layers Standard deviation of 0.2 RIU and 1.4 nm between ring and ellipsometry measurements PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 74

75 BSA protein conformation in different ph buffers PBS buffer ph7 BSA in PBS ph7 BSA in PBS ph5 BSA in PBS ph7 PBS buffer ph7 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 75

76 Evolution of thickness and refractive index ph5: Isoelectric point : closer packing ph7 ph5 ph7 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 76

77 The surface mass can now be determined, showing an irreversible adsorption ph 3 ph 5 ph N No desorption Hydrophilic surface PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 77

78 Acknowledgements UGent Tom Claes Elewout Hallynck Cristina Lerma Arce Sam Werquin Jan-Willem Hoste Daan Martens KULeuven Daan Witters Jeroen Lammertyn imec Wim Van Roy Tim Stakenborg Liesbet Lagae PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 78

79 THROUGH-CHIP FLUIDICS PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 79

80 One of the major issues in biosensors is analyte delivery Pure diffusion is too slow Introducing laminar flow improves delivery time, however Laminar flow velocity near sensor 0 Diffusion-dominated region Problem for low concentrations PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 80

81 Solution: flow-through sensor Droplet containing molecules is applied on a sensor Sensor = membrane with holes (radius >> molecules) By applying under- and overpressure, droplet is pulled or pushed through, along with biomolecules Cycle can be repeated until most biomolecules have bonded in holes PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 81

82 Related ideas Continuous flow through a photonic crystal (still with flow channel) Same concept, different scale, no photonics PamGene (Huang et al, Optics Express, 17(26): ) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 82

83 What transducer to use? Type Mechanics Photonics Photonic crystal + -- Mach-Zehnder interferometer - ++ Due to a non-uniformity in vapour HF process, we obtained a mechanically robust Mach-Zehnder interferometer PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 83

84 Fabrication in Silicon-on-Insulator Mass-producability of SOI is major advantage for biosensors and should be maintained in fabrication of membranes Substrate can be wet etched anisotropically using KOH Silicon dioxide is removed with vapour HF PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 84

85 Silicon substrate etch using KOH Etching mask: 400 nm PECVD Si 3 N 4 on 400 nm PECVD SiO 2 Lithography is performed on back side using alignment markers on top side We open windows in the nitride/oxide mask using RIE An extra protective coating is applied on the top side due to pinholes in nitride ProTEK (Brewer Science) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 85

86 Silicon substrate etch using KOH 15 mm (.6 ) 10 mm (.4 ) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 86

87 Silicon substrate etch using KOH 40 µm 60 µm PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 87

88 Silicon substrate etch using KOH PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 88

89 And finish with a dash of HF ProTEK layer is removed Sample is put in HF solution where top nitride and oxide layers and buried oxide (BOX) layer will be etched PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 89

90 And finish with a dash of HF PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 90

91 Vapour HF is a must PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 91

92 Pressure needed to pull a droplet through? Initial equilibrium We provide a hydrophilic material, surface tension does the rest (hydrophobic pressure of over 4 bar required) Creating a flow Membrane can be modelled as parallel channels Using COMSOL, the flow rate in function of the pressure can be calculated 10 kpa: MZI = 2.7 µl/s; PhC = 0.01 µl/s PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 92

93 Through-chip flow PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 93

94 Measurement set-up PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 94

95 Applying pressure PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 95

96 Proof-of-principle: BSA (0.625 mg/ml) Flow-through at least 3 times faster than in the case of no pumping PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 96

97 Novel format: integration with reaction tubes PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 97

98 Ring resonator biosensors b) Fluid flows through the perforations Perforations through the chip PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 98

99 INTEGRATION WITH DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 99

100 Microfluidics used in Silicon Photonics PDMS microchannels fabrication Packaging Tubing connections Leaks Bad adhesion PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 100

101 MeBioS Biosensors KU Leuven PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 101

102 Electrowetting-on-dielectric A potential is applied between a conducting liquid and an electrode modifying the surface tension hydrophobic hydrophilic Charge accumulates at the solid-liquid interface, leading to a change in contact angle PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 102

103 Digital Microfluidics Tape spacer Aluminium layer pattern by standard photolithographic techniques. MeBioS Biosensors KU Leuven PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 103

104 Combining both technologies Array of ring resonators SOI SOI Teflon coating PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 104

105 Optical setup IR Camera Tunable laser ~1550nm Measuring Collimator through the Si substrate PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 105

106 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP Sensors area PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 106

107 Resonance wavelength shift vs. Time Measured in water and two different salt solution concentrations Water Salt 1 Water Salt 2 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 107

108 Results Resonance wavelength shift vs. Refractive Index Unit Y=77*x-1e +002 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 108

109 CHIP-ON-FIBRE PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 109

110 DESING: SENSOR ON FIBER Development of a fiber probe sensor for use as a biosensor It is transferred from the silicon-on-insulator chip onto the fiber facet. PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 110

111 DESIGN: SENSOR ON FIBER PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 111

112 FABRICATION SOI: 220nm Si 2µm SiO 2 750µm Si Dry etching: 2µm SiO 2 layer thinned down to 700nm PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 112

113 FABRICATION Wax Si Wafer PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 113

114 FABRICATION Si substrate removed 1. Mechanical grinding 2. Dry etching 3. Wet etching PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 114

115 FABRICATION PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 115

116 FABRICATION PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 116

117 FABRICATION 2010 PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 117

118 Wavelength Shift (nm) No degradation of sensitivity compared to normal ring resonators Bulk sensing experiments: Sensitivity for refractive index change in aqueous ethanol solutions x Measurements Fitting 1.2 ~70 nm/riu Refractive Index Unit (RIU) PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 118

119 Acknowledgements UGent Tom Claes Elewout Hallynck Cristina Lerma Arce Sam Werquin Jan-Willem Hoste Daan Martens KULeuven Daan Witters Jeroen Lammertyn imec Wim Van Roy Tim Stakenborg Liesbet Lagae PHOTONICS RESEARCH GROUP 119

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