The capabilities
of biosensors for fast, economic, and user-friendly
analysis of complex samples has led to the exploitation of analytical
devices for detection, quantification, and monitoring of specific
chemical species for various applications. For a sufficiently high
surface reactivity toward the adopted bioreceptors, a thin functional
layer is required to enable coupling of the target biomolecules and
to provide good stability in the presence of a sample matrix. In this
work, the generation of water-stable oxygen-rich plasma polymerized
(pp) films deposited by atmospheric-pressure jet plasma for reliable
immobilization of biomolecules is presented. Three types of pp films
were developed and characterized. All of the obtained pp films were
successfully used as a matrix layer in the SPR immunosensors, which
provided excellent level of sensitivity, stability, and regenerability.
The achieved results show that atmospheric pressure plasma-induced
polymerization is a powerful alternative method for the preparation
of matrix layers for a wide range of applications in the biological
field.