ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2014
Nanomaterials for biosensing applications: a review.
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225 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,047 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Light-driven biosensor for the rapid and selective detection of hypoxia-inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylase domain inhibitors in aqueous media and saliva.Mikrochimica acta · 2025Article
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- A Review of Nanomaterials and Microwave Synthesized Metal Oxides Nanoparticles in Schistosomiasis Diagnosis.Journal of fluorescence · 2025Review
- The Challenges and Opportunities of Protein Coronas for Nanoscale Biomolecular Sensing.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Review
- A Review on the Application of Biosensors for Monitoring Emerging Contaminants in the Water Environment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy-Based Biosensors for Label-Free Detection of Pathogens.Biosensors · 2025Review
- Machine learning-assisted point-of-care diagnostics for cardiovascular healthcare.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
A biosensor device is defined by its biological, or bioinspired receptor unit with unique specificities toward corresponding analytes. These analytes are often of biological origin like DNAs of bacteria or viruses, or proteins which are generated from the immune system (antibodies, antigens) of infected or contaminated living organisms. Such analytes can also be simple molecules like glucose or pollutants when a biological receptor unit with particular specificity is available. One of many other challenges in biosensor development is the efficient signal capture of the biological recognition event (transduction). Such transducers translate the interaction of the analyte with the biological element into electrochemical, electrochemiluminescent, magnetic, gravimetric, or optical signals. In order to increase sensitivities and to lower detection limits down to even individual molecules, nanomaterials are promising candidates due to the possibility to immobilize an enhanced quantity of bioreceptor units at reduced volumes and even to act itself as transduction element. Among such nanomaterials, gold nanoparticles, semi-conductor quantum dots, polymer nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, nanodiamonds, and graphene are intensively studied. Due to the vast evolution of this research field, this review summarizes in a non-exhaustive way the advantages of nanomaterials by focusing on nano-objects which provide further beneficial properties than "just" an enhanced surface area.
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