Publication number: 20210270827
Abstract: The present invention relates to an in vitro method for detecting and/or quantifying a biological or chemical substance of interest in a liquid sample, by a capillary action test using, as probes, photoluminescent inorganic nanoparticles, of formula A1-xLnxVO4(1-y)(PO4)y (II), in which Ln is selected from europium (Eu), dysprosium (Dy), samarium (Sm), neodymium (Nd), erbium (Er), ytterbium (Yb), thulium (Tm), praseodymium (Pr), holmium (Ho) and mixtures thereof; A is selected from yttrium (Y), gadolinium (Gd), lanthanum (La), lutetium (Lu), and mixtures thereof; 0<x<1; and 0?y<1, said method employing detection of the luminescence, with an emission lifetime shorter than 100 ms, of the nanoparticles, after one-photon absorption, by excitation of the matrix at a wavelength less than or equal to 320 nm. It also relates to a capillary action test device comprising, as probes, the aforementioned nanoparticles, as well as the use of such a method for purposes of in vitro diagnostics.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 17, 2019
Publication date:
September 2, 2021
Applicants:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Inventors:
Pascal PREIRA, Maximilian RICHLY, Cédric BOUZIGUES, Antigoni ALEXANDROU, Thierry GACOIN