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. 2020 Nov 18;20(22):6591. doi: 10.3390/s20226591

Table 6.

Mass sensitive detection method and their parameters for developed SARS-CoV and influenza virus nanobiosensors.

Biological Samples Nanomaterials Detection Methods Target Limit of Detection (LOD)
Linear Range (LR)
Ref.
INFLUENZA VIRUSES
- Gold film Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) Hemagglutinin (HA) protein of influenza A virus LOD: 4.7 × 10−2 µM, (0.26 µg/mL)
LR: –
[235]
Sample of human influenza A virus (H1N1) incubated in a chicken egg culture Poly(EDOT-co-
EDOTOA) Films
Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) Human influenza A virus H1N1 LOD: 0.012 HAU
LR: –
[236]
Influenza A virus (VR-544, H3N2) samples QCM
electrodes
Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) Influenza A virions,
influenza H3N2 polyclonal IgG
LOD: 4 virus particles/mL [237]
Commercial H5N3 Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric disc Piezoelectric–SPM H5N3 surface glycoprotein 105 vp/mL (100 µm thick) [228]
Biological sample Surface acoustic wave (SAW) HA proteins of Influenza A virus sub type H1N1 LOD: 1 ng /mL
LR: –
[238]
commercial H5N3 Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric disc Piezoelectric—SPM 3′SLPAA polymer/H5N3 surface glycoprotein 105 vp/mL (100 µm thick) [228]
CORONAVIRUSES
SARS-CoV
Sputum PZ crystal surface Immunoassay SARS-CoV LOD: 0.6 µg/mL
LR: –
[102]
Biological sample Piezoelectric immunosensor Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) SARS-CoV spike protein S1 [239]
High protein
sera sample
Aptamer coated paramagnetic
nanoparticles
Piezoelectric SARS-CoV helicase protein LOD: 3.5 ng/mL [240]
2019-nCoV or SARS-CoV-2
Oral swab samples Nanoparticles Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) SARS-CoV-2
spike protein
[241]