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ArticleNature communications2025

Lateral flow immunoassay using plasmonic scattering.

Bobin Lee, Byungho Park, Daeun Kim, Chaewon Jung, Jun Hyeok Park, Ji-Ho Park, Young Eun Lee, Myung Geun Shin, Min-Gon Kim, Nan Ei Yu and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Bobin LeeAdvanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0760-079X
Byungho ParkAdvanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
Daeun KimAdvanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-2626-7543
Chaewon JungDepartment of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
Jun Hyeok ParkDepartment of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0049-5475
Ji-Ho ParkDepartment of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
Young Eun LeeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Jeollanam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-3087
Myung Geun ShinDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Jeollanam-do, 58128, Republic of Korea.
Min-Gon KimDepartment of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
Nan Ei YuAdvanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
Joon Heon KimAdvanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.
Kihyeun KimAdvanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea. kkh0745@gist.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0725-9739

Funding

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) APRIMinistry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea) RS-2024-00508652National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2021R1A2C1007130National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2021R1A2C1008787National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2022K1A4A8A01080317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) is one of the most successful sensing platforms for real-world point-of-care (POC) testing. However, achieving PCR-level sensitivity without compromising the inherent advantages of LFIA, such as rapid and robust operation, affordability, and naked-eye detection, has remained a primary challenge. In this study, a plasmonic scattering-utilising LFIA was proposed, created by transparentising a nitrocellulose membrane and placing a light-absorbing backing card under the membrane. This LFIA minimised the background signal from its matrix, leading to substantially enhanced sensitivity and enabling naked-eye detection of the plasmonic scattering signal from gold nanoparticles without optics. Our plasmonic scattering-utilising LFIA showed an approximately 2600-4400 times higher detection limit compared with that of commercial LFIAs in influenza A assays. In addition, it exhibited 90% sensitivity in clinical validation, approaching PCR-level sensitivity, while commercial LFIAs showed 23-30% sensitivity. The plasmonic scattering-utilising LFIA plays a ground-breaking role in POC diagnostics and significantly boosts follow-up research.

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ImmunoassayPoint-of-Care TestingCollodionGoldHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanLimit of DetectionMetal NanoparticlesCollodionGold

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PMID40204766
PMCPMC11982407

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