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ReviewBiosensors2021

Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Based Biosensors.

David C Ferrier, Kevin C Honeychurch

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Review in Biosensors, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David C FerrierInstitute of Bio-Sensing Technology, Frenchay Campus, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0833-1045
Kevin C HoneychurchInstitute of Bio-Sensing Technology, Frenchay Campus, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on recent advances in the application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the development of sensors and biosensors. The paper discusses various configurations of these devices, including their integration in analytical devices. Carbon nanotube-based sensors have been developed for a broad range of applications including electrochemical sensors for food safety, optical sensors for heavy metal detection, and field-effect devices for virus detection. However, as yet there are only a few examples of carbon nanotube-based sensors that have reached the marketplace. Challenges still hamper the real-world application of carbon nanotube-based sensors, primarily, the integration of carbon nanotube sensing elements into analytical devices and fabrication on an industrial scale.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesNanotubes, CarbonNanotubes, Carbonanalytical nanodevicesbioanalytical applicationsCNT-based biosensorselectrochemical biosensingsurface functionalization

Identifiers

PMID34940243
PMCPMC8699144

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