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Lighting Up Biosensors: Now and the Decade To Come

Year: 2019

Type: review

Abstract: Optical biosensors are defined as portable optical devices that use biorecognition molecules to interrogate a sample for the presence of a target. The capabilities of optical biosensors have expanded rapidly with advances in miniature optical components and molecular engineering. Biosensors to meet the needs in health and environmental monitoring and food safety have become commercially available, with many more in the pipeline. We review the innovative approaches to overcoming existing hurdles to practical biosensor designs and explore potential areas for future breakthroughs in optical biosensor technology.

Source: Analytical Chemistry

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00793

Authors: Frances S. Ligler, J. Justin Gooding

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, UNSW Sydney

Language: English

Topic: Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Australian Research Council

Award: The first generation of single entity measurement tools for analysis