ReviewACS sensors2018
Hacking CD/DVD/Blu-ray for Biosensing.
Review in ACS sensors, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 14 papers.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Low-Cost Integrated Optical Microscope and Contact-Mode Atomic Force Microscope System Based on DVD Optical Pickup Unit.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Low cost full field optical coherence tomography device using a DVD optical head and smartphone camera.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Massive Screening of Food Extracts for Quality Assessment and Standardization of Allergenic Activity.Biosensors · 2024Article
- Stratum corneum nanotexture feature detection using deep learning and spatial analysis: a noninvasive tool for skin barrier assessment.GigaScience · 2024Article
- Maskless, Reusable Visible-Light Direct-Write Stamp for Microscale Surface Patterning.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2023Article
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- Open-source controller for low-cost and high-speed atomic force microscopy imaging of skin corneocyte nanotextures.HardwareX · 2022Article
- Real-Time Reflectance Measurement Using an Astigmatic Optical Profilometer.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Technologies for Frugal and Sensitive Point-of-Care Immunoassays.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2022Review
- Open-source force analyzer with broad sensing range based on an optical pickup unit.HardwareX · 2022Article
- Low-cost, open-sourceHardwareX · 2022Article
- Resonant Subwavelength and Nano-Scale Grating Structures for Biosensing Application: A Comparative Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Versatile Multilayer Metamaterial Nanoparticles with Tailored Optical Constants for Force and Torque Transduction.ACS nano · 2020Article
- A portable rotating disc as blood rheometer.Biomicrofluidics · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The optical pickup unit (OPU) within a CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive integrates 780, 650, and 405 nm wavelength lasers, diffraction-limited optics, a high-bandwidth optoelectronic transducer up to 400 MHz, and a nanoresolution x-, z-axis, and tilt actuator in a compact size. In addition, the OPU is a remarkable piece of engineering and could enable different scientific applications such as sub-angstrom displacement sensing, micro- and nanoimaging, and nanolithography. Although off-the-shelf OPUs can be easily obtained, manufacturers protect their datasheets under nondisclosure agreements to impede their availability to the public. Thus, OPUs are black boxes that few people can use for research, and only experienced researchers can access all their functions. This review details the OPU mechanism and components. In addition, we explain how to utilize three commercially available triple-wavelength OPUs from scratch and optimize sensing quality. Then, we discuss scientific research using OPUs, from standard optical drive-based turnkey-biomarker array reading and OPU direct bioapplications (cytometry, optical tweezing, bioimaging) to modified OPU-based biosensing (DNA chip fluorescence scanning, biomolecular diagnostics). We conclude by presenting future trends on optical storage devices and potential applications. Hacking low-cost and high-performance OPUs may spread micro- and nanoscale biosensing research from research laboratories to citizen scientists around the globe.
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