FIGURE 1 |.

(A) A small time-gated immunoassay platform integrating a time-gated optical detector and microplate-based immunoassay using Mn:AgZnInS/ZnS NC probes as signal transducers. (B) Principle illustration of the optical unit. (C) The immunoassay format performed in microwells of microplates: after antigens are switched between antibody-coated magnetic microbeads and antibody-conjugated NC probes, the NC probes are released from the immuno-switch-complexes into supernatants for time-gated signal measurement. (D) The timing sequence for time-gated measurement on the excitation laser and the PMT.