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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2025

Graphene-Enhanced Plasmonic Interfaces: A General Strategy for Highly Sensitive Detection of Biomolecular Interactions.

Ahmar Hasnain, Heiko Heilmann, Nghi Luong Phuong Le, Klaus-Ingmar Pfrepper, Andreas Wruck, Peter Groß, Bernd Bufe, Alexey Tarasov

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Cross-Platform Biosensing of Immune Receptors Using Peptide-Functionalized Graphene.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Ahmar HasnainFaculty of Computer Sciences and Microsystems Technology, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Amerikastr. 1, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0185-7367
Heiko HeilmannFaculty of Computer Sciences and Microsystems Technology, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Amerikastr. 1, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.
Nghi Luong Phuong LeFaculty of Computer Sciences and Microsystems Technology, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Amerikastr. 1, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.
Klaus-Ingmar PfrepperPROGEN Biotechnik GmbH, Maaßstraße 30, 69123, Heidelberg, Germany.
Andreas WruckFaculty of Applied Logistics and Polymer Sciences, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Carl-Schurz-Str. 10-16, 66953, Pirmasens, Germany.
Peter GroßFaculty of Applied Logistics and Polymer Sciences, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Carl-Schurz-Str. 10-16, 66953, Pirmasens, Germany.
Bernd BufeFaculty of Computer Sciences and Microsystems Technology, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Amerikastr. 1, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.
Alexey TarasovFaculty of Computer Sciences and Microsystems Technology, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Amerikastr. 1, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-9109-619X

Funding

European Union under the Graphene Flagship initiative 101119473German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space 13FH521KX9German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space 13FH579KX2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The detection of cells and viruses is essential for research and clinical applications, creating a demand for high-performance biosensors. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) enables label-free, real-time detection and is highly promising for healthcare, including point-of-care diagnostics. However, its performance is often limited in complex biological systems. Integrating two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene into SPR sensors has been proposed as a strategy to improve sensitivity, but experimental evidence remains scarce. Here, we investigate the influence of graphene on SPR biosensors using several relevant biological examples, including antibody-virus and peptide-cell interactions. Compared to gold sensors, graphene integration produced reproducible signal enhancement of up to 600%, far exceeding previous reports.  Importantly, graphene-enhanced SPR enabled discrimination between different cell types, a capability not observed with gold alone. Our findings demonstrate that graphene provides substantially greater enhancement than predicted and can be applied across diverse biological systems. This establishes graphene-enhanced SPR as a powerful platform for advancing biosensor performance, with broad potential in biomedical research, diagnostics, and gene therapy.

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Biosensing TechniquesGraphiteSurface Plasmon ResonanceGoldHumansGoldGraphitebiosensorcellsmonolayer graphenesurface plasmon resonance (SPR)virus

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PMID40905499
PMCPMC12683200

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