IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
Nano Bio Sensors and Integrated Microsystems for Intelligent Food Packaging
Dr Janagama, D Goud, Research StaffDr PM Raj, Assistant DirectorDr Mahadevan K Iyer, Research Director Dr Rao R Tummala, Director & Professor, MSE & ECE
Microsystems Packaging Research CenterGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, Georgia
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
OUTLINE
• Packaging for Convergent Micro Systems
• Bioelectronics & Bio sensors
• Nano Bio sensors & few case studies relevant to Food Packaging
• Integration of Nano Bio Sensors with Electronics& RF Components – Intelligent Food Packaging
• Summary
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
GaTech – Packaging Research Center (PRC)
““Package is the System” Package is the System” –– System On System On Package Package ((SoPSoP))
System:System: Convergence of Computing, Convergence of Computing, Communication, Consumer & BiomedicalCommunication, Consumer & Biomedical
System on Package
System on Package
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
PRC Vision of Digital Convergence by 1000XPRC Vision of Digital Convergence by 1000X
Digital + Analog + RF + Optical+ Sensors•Computing/Internet, Digital Audio
•Digital Imaging/Video
•Cellular/Wireless, GPS/Satellite
•Sensors
•And, of course, timekeeping!
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
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IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
Vision of System on PackageVision of System on Packageat Georgia Tech Packaging Research Centerat Georgia Tech Packaging Research Center
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IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
Bio Micro/Nano System Integration
BIOELECTRONICSBIOELECTRONICSSystem on PackageSystem on Package
BIOLOGYBIOLOGY
CHEMISTRYCHEMISTRY
ELECTRONICSELECTRONICSMSE, ECE, ME, MSE, ECE, ME, ChEChE
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
BioBio--electronic Technologies & Applicationselectronic Technologies & Applications
BiosensorsBiosensorsBio Implants for Bio Implants for
Health monitor & cureHealth monitor & cure
Bio computing Bio computing with DNAwith DNA
Bio actuatorsBio actuators
Electronic NoseElectronic Nose
Electronic PillsElectronic Pills
GeneticGeneticToggle SwitchesToggle Switches
Electronic EyeElectronic Eye(Artificial CMOS retina)(Artificial CMOS retina) BIOELECTRONICSBIOELECTRONICS
Classification of Bio Sensors
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BIOSENSORS
DNA Biosensors RNA Biosensors
Physiological BiosensorsFood & Pharmacological
Biosensors
Receptor Biosensors
Protein Biosensors
Cell BasedBiosensors
Peptide Biosensors
Protein, DNA/RNA and enzyme based sensor systems .1. Food Safety and Security• Detection of risks involved in Genetically Modified (GM) foods• Biosensors for real-time analysis of food products for early detection of spoilage microflora.• Rapid on-line identification of contaminants in freshly collected and processed milk.• Botulinum, E. coli and other bacterial and fungal contaminants.• Detection of the ricin, the deadly toxin from castor bean.
2. Clinical Diagnostics (early detection of cancer diseases):• Prostate –Specific Antigen (PSA) for early detection of prostate cancer.• HER2 (or HER2/neu), BRCA1 and BRCA2 I genes, cardiovascular, and other diseases
3. Industrial Bioprocess Control and Monitoring• Enzyme sensor for detection of hydrolysis of starch into glucose useful for the food and
pharmaceutical industries.• Enzyme sensor for detection of hydrolysis of starch into cyclodextrins useful compound for the
food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and plastic industries.• Monitoring protein products generated by recombinant DNA technology during microbial cell or mammalian
cell fermentation.
4. Environmental Safety• Analysis of explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) in the soil and ground water • Salmonella and Anthrax pathogens• Chemical toxins Detection of industrial toxic effluents, and human and animal waste into water
bodies is an important aspect of environmental safety and protection.
5. Drug discovery and AbuseCocaine sensor for rapid detection and quantification of coca alkaloids
APPLICATION OF BIOSENSORS
Working Principle of a Biosensor
Basic Building blocks of a Basic Building blocks of a BioSensorBioSensor
Schematics of a typical biosensor: (a) bioreceptors: SSchematics of a typical biosensor: (a) bioreceptors: S-- substrate, Psubstrate, P--products, proteins, nucleic acids (b) transducer, (c) signal ampproducts, proteins, nucleic acids (b) transducer, (c) signal amplifier, (d) lifier, (d) signal processor, and (e) signal display. signal processor, and (e) signal display.
Bio recognition and signal transduction methods
BIOMECHANISMSBIOMECHANISMSThe important biological component of a biosensor is a receptor called bioreceptor, which recognizes the analyte or target molecules. These biorecognition elements are specific and exclusively sensitive to a particular substance.
The main groups of biological elements are:• Proteins (antigens and Anti-bodies) • Nucleic acids (DNA/RNA)• Natural and synthetic receptors• Enzymes (biocatalysts)
DNA and RNA hybridization DNA and RNA hybridization mechanisms
Biosensing mechanism of antigen and anti-body binding and Immune complex Immune complex formation
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• No involvement of exogenous molecules or labels such as conjugation with enzyme, radioactive fluorescence, or chemiluminescence molecules.
•The probe and target binding events or enzyme and substrate reactions are recorded by the transducer in the absence of any label requirement.
• A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) free detection systems for DNA identification.
• It is a nano-scale detection of the target molecules, a key factor in early detection of diseases such as breast cancer and AIDS
• Rapid and high-throughput detection
• Detection processes are simple, user friendly, fast, and cost effective.
• Reduced power requirement, and easier recycling
• Repetitive, portability, and stability
• Use of analytical methods such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), near-infrared spectroscopy or specific enzymatic methods for characterizing food. These processes are time consuming.
NANOBIOSENSORS CONVENTIONAL DETECTION METHODS
• Appropriate sensing technologies to detect substances in parts per trillion for food safety, quality and process control.
• Development of new sensing devices taking the advantage of miniaturization of electronics and nanobio materials.
. • On site analysis for safety and quality in a processing or packaging plant.
Intelligent Food Packaging– Micro/ Nano sensors for Quality and Process Control
• Detection of toxins, pathogens and chemicals in foodstuffs on the spot.
• Integration of Sensing elements with electronics and RFIDs in ultra thin , ultra miniaturized embedded modules
Specific Needs for Bio Sensors in Food and Drink Industries• To determine specific components in the food and drinks such as
sugars, proteins, vitamins and fats.
• To detect and quantify chemical contaminants such as pesticides, heavy metals, and antibiotics.
• To detect pathogenic bacteria (e.g. E. coli 0157, Listeria,Salmonella, Campylobacter, Vibrio) and viruses (e.g. Small Round Structured Viruses).
• To detect food borne toxins (e.g. Staphylococcus Enterotoxins, Botulinum neurotoxins, Mycotoxins and Paralytic/Diarrhetic shellfish toxins). These biomolecules are considered powerful weapons and"road map for terrorists" to destroy humans and livestock indiscriminately.
• Monitoring the freshness of aquatic foods including fish, and fermentation processes.
Recent accomplishments at GaTech – Microsystems Packaging Research Center
Si Microresonators based protein biosensor
Si Microresonator Biofunctionalized with protein (confocal image) AFM image
• Demonstrated the proof of concept using length-extensional resonators as mass sensors
• Further implementation- Piezoelectric transducers- Performance characterization and electrical measurements- Extend Si microresonators for fabrication of DNA and enzyme
based biosensors.
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Sensor Arrays
ZnO NANOBELTS/WIRE BASED BIOSENSOR FOR ELECTRICAL DETECTION OF PROTEIN
ZnO nano belts were cleaned and treated with 3—(trimethoxysilyl) propyl aldehyde, and then biofunctionalized
Coating the nanobelts with silicon nitride for protection of ZnO
Surface treatment of the nano- structures
ZnO nanobelts biofunctionalized with protein
Hybridization with fluorophore -labeled antibodies
Detection with confocal microscopy Electrical measurements measurementand surface characterization
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• Demonstrated electronic detection of protein
• Further implementation- Sensitivity- Repeatability- Extend ZnO belts for fabrication of DNA and enzyme-catalyst based biosensors
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Recent accomplishments at GaTech – Microsystems Packaging Research Center
Dielectrophoresis-on-a-chip
The dielectrophoresis-on-a-chip is used to process and assess microorganisms and cells, protein, DNA, and RNA from nano-quantity of the samples by sorting, trapping and separating them precisely and rapidly
MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNTs) BASED BIOSENSOR FOR ELECTRICAL DETECTION OF PROTEINCarbon nanotubes were attached on glassy graphite electrode using N,N, dimethlyformaide (DMF), and then biofunctionalized.
Carbon nanotubes
O.D. × wall thickness × length 20-50 nm × 1-2 nm × 0.5-2 µm Carbon nanotubes attached on glassy graphite electrode
Surface treatment of the nano-structures
Biofunctionalization with generic anti- S-100 antibodies of Schwann nerve cells
Hybridization with S-100 antigen, and detected with FITC labeled IgG.with confocal microscopy
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Carboxylation of carbon nanotubes conformed by FTIR spectra
• Demonstrated surface modification and biofunctionalization of carbon nanotubes using protein.
• Further implementation- Electrical measurements by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV).
- Electrochemical biosensors for protein , DNA and enzyme- catalyst reactions
SEM of MWNTs Confocal image of biofucntionalized MWNTs
Recent accomplishments at GaTech – Microsystems Packaging Research Center
• Enzymatic hydrolysis of starch into glucose.• Enzymatic hydrolysis of starch into cyclodextrins
Nanobio sensors for detection of enzyme based hydrolysis in food and pharmaceuticalindustries
• Multi-enzymatic sensors for sucrose determination
• Glutamate Sensors for measuring glutamate concentration in theproduction of mono-sodium-glutamate (MSG).
• Amperometric mediated carbon nanotube paste biosensor forfructose determination.
• Ethanol Sensors- microbial sensors for measuring ethanol concentration in alcoholic fermentation.
• Determination of malic acid in real samples by using enzymeimmobilized reactors amperometric detection.
ZnO NANOBELTS/WIRE BASED BIOSENSOR FABRICATED FOR ELECTRICAL DETECTION OF STARCH HYDROLYSIS
ZnO nano belts were cleaned and treated with 3—(trimethoxysilyl) propyl aldehyde, and then biofunctionalized
Coating the nanobelts with silicon nitride
Surface treatment of the nano- structures
ZnO nanobelts coated with starch solution.
Hydrolyzed with amylglucosidase enzyme.
Surface characterizationElectrical
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SEM images: (a) ZnO nanowire with Au electrodes; (b) control sample before hydrolysis (bulk of seen onthe wire); (c) control sample after incubating with buffer (bulk of starch still sitting on ZnO nanodevice; (d) test sample before hydrolysis (bulk of starch seen on ZnO nanodevice, (e) test sample shows degradation of starch after enzymatic hydrolysis .
• Demonstrated electronic detection of enzymatic hydrolysis of starch
• Further implementation -Sensitivity-Repeatability
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Recent accomplishments at GaTech – Microsystems Packaging Research Center
Intelligent Food Packaging: Integration of nanobiosensors with fluidic channels, detectors, electronic and wireless (RFID) components
Ultra thin micro miniaturized module
Radio Frequency IDentification is detection of tagged objects from a remote transponder (tag) including an antenna and a microchip transceiver (IC) using a local querying system (reader or interrogator)
IC Antenna
GaTech – PRC research in integration of micro and nano components in ultra thin polymer substrates
RFID technology offers the intelligence to food packaging. RFID serves as a mobile database holding valuable information, such as the product's history, location and destination.
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
Liquid Crystal Polymers as Packaging SubstratesAdvantages
–– Excellent high frequency performanceExcellent high frequency performance
•• low dielectric constant of 2.9low dielectric constant of 2.9
•• low loss tangent of 0.002low loss tangent of 0.002–– Controlled low coefficient of thermal expansionControlled low coefficient of thermal expansion
(0 to 30 ppm/°C)(0 to 30 ppm/°C)•• PWB substrate target is 5 to 8 ppm/CPWB substrate target is 5 to 8 ppm/C
–– Excellent barrier properties (similar to glass) Excellent barrier properties (similar to glass) •• very low moisture absorption (<0.04 percent)very low moisture absorption (<0.04 percent)
–– Low costLow cost
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
Advantages of Liquid Crystal Polymers (contd.)
–– High strengthHigh strength•• tensile strength of 30 tensile strength of 30 KpsiKpsi•• tensile modulus of 1.3 tensile modulus of 1.3 MpsiMpsi
–– Good adhesion to metalsGood adhesion to metals
•• copper peel strength = 12 copper peel strength = 12 psipsi•• High LCP melt temperaturesHigh LCP melt temperatures
277 to 340 C277 to 340 C–– SelfSelf--reinforcing uniform dielectricreinforcing uniform dielectric
•• can be fabricated in any thickness multiple of 2 milscan be fabricated in any thickness multiple of 2 mils•• no effects or defects from resin/glass intersectionsno effects or defects from resin/glass intersections
Intelligent Food Packaging – Building Blocks
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RFID Antenna
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Embedding electronic components in ultra thin polymer substrate materials integrated with nano bio sensors and RFID components - GaTech Packaging Research Center
RFID Antennas fabricated in Liquid Crystal Polymer ( LCP) (Ref: M.tentziri, Ga Tech)
LCPs are Bio Compatible materials
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
SUMMARY
Nano Bio sensing components offer tremendous applications to Food- packaging , quality Control and safety .
Intelligent Food Packaging : Integration of sensing, data storage and communication components with Food packages will be one of the future thrust research areas .
IFT Summit Conference : Food Packaging Innovations - May 7-9, Baltimore, Maryland
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