Photonic crystal biosensor featuring an eye-shaped cavity for precise identification of cancerous cells [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis article presents a highly sensitive and thermally stable photonic crystal (PhC) biosensor designed for accurate cancer-cell detection. The proposed sensor features a square-lattice of silicon rods (radius 0.1 µm) with a photonic bandgap spanning 1.2–
Salma Rizk +3 more
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Solid-Phase Optical Sensing Techniques for Sensitive Virus Detection [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 Viral infections can pose a major threat to public health by causing serious illness, leading to pandemics, and burdening healthcare systems. The global spread of such infections causes disruptions to every aspect of life including business, education ...
Elif Seymour +6 more
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Biosensors, 2021 Anthrax lethal factor (LF) is one of the enzymatic components of the anthrax toxin responsible for the pathogenic responses of the anthrax disease. The ability to screen multiplexed ligands against LF and subsequently estimate the effective kinetic rates
Allison M. Marn +3 more
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Simultaneous evaluation of multiple microarray surface chemistries through real-time interferometric imaging. [PDF]
, 2020 Surface chemistry is a crucial aspect for microarray modality biosensor development. The immobilization capability of the functionalized surface is indeed a limiting factor for the final yield of the binding reaction.
Brambilla, Dario +6 more
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Beating the reaction limits of biosensor sensitivity with dynamic tracking of single binding events [PDF]
, 2018 The clinical need for ultrasensitive molecular analysis has motivated the development of several endpoint-assay technologies capable of single-molecule readout.
Sevenler, Derin +2 more
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The Boston University Photonics Center annual report 2013-2014 [PDF]
, 2013 This repository item contains an annual report that summarizes activities of the Boston University Photonics Center in the 2013-2014 academic year. The report provides quantitative and descriptive information regarding photonics programs in education ...
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Highly sensitive and label-free digital detection of whole cell E. coli with interferometric reflectance imaging [PDF]
, 2019 Bacterial infectious diseases are a major threat to human health. Timely and sensitive pathogenic bacteria detection is crucial in identifying the bacterial contaminations and preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
Bhuiya, Abdul Muyeed +8 more
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Insights into the pathogenesis of nicotine addiction. Could a salivary biosensor be useful in Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)? [PDF]
, 2019 Nicotine has gained the attention of the medical community due to its insidious addictive mechanisms which lead to chronic consumption. The multitude of compounds derived from tobacco smoke have local and systemic negative impacts, resulting in a large ...
Alexescu, Teodora G +13 more
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Interferometric detection and enumeration of viral particles using Si-based microfluidics [PDF]
, 2019 Single-particle interferometric reflectance imaging sensor enables optical visualization and characterization of individual nanoparticles without any labels.
Kanik, Fulya Ekiz +4 more
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Optical detection of asymmetric bacteria utilizing electro orientation [PDF]
, 2006 We propose a bacterial detection scheme which uses no biochemical markers and can be applied in a Point-of-Care setting.
Choi, Jae-Woo +2 more
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