IMR Press / FBS / Volume 3 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.2741/228

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Article
Electrochemical and optical biosensors based on nanomaterials and nanostructures: a review
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1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, WVNano Initiative, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506- 6106, USA
2 School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637457, Singapore

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

 

Front. Biosci. (Schol Ed) 2011, 3(4), 1308–1331; https://doi.org/10.2741/228
Published: 1 June 2011
Abstract

Nanomaterials and nanostructures exhibit unique size-tunable and shape-dependent physicochemical properties that are different from those of bulk materials. Advances of nanomaterials and nanostructures open a new door to develop various novel biosensors. The present work has reviewed the recent progress in electrochemical, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and fluorescent biosensors based on nanomaterials and nanostructures. An emphasis is put on the research that demonstrates how the performance of biosensors such as the limit of detection, sensitivity and selectivity is improved by the use of nanomaterials and nanostructures.

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