Passivated Porous Silicon Membranes and Their Application to Optical Biosensing

C Whyte Ferreira, R Vercauteren, LA Francis - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
A robust fabrication method for stable mesoporous silicon membranes using standard
microfabrication techniques is presented. The porous silicon membranes were passivated …

Indirect Detection of Bacteria on Optically Enhanced Porous Silicon Membrane-Based Biosensors Using Selective Lytic Enzymes

R Vercauteren, A Leprince, M Nuytten, J Mahillon… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, we developed a biosensor for the indirect detection of bacteria via their lysate.
The developed sensor is based on porous silicon membranes, which are known for their …

Porous silicon in biosensing applications

BL Miller - Smart Biosensor Technology, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Microbiological analysis is typically performed in a centralized diagnostic laboratory where
cultures or assays are carefully handled by highly trained personnel. In contrast, field …

Cross-correlation of optical microcavity biosensor response with immobilized enzyme activity. Insights into biosensor sensitivity

LA DeLouise, PM Kou, BL Miller - Analytical chemistry, 2005 - ACS Publications
Porous silicon multilayer structures have remarkable optical and morphological properties
that can be exploited for biosensing. In particular, a high internal surface area (> 100 …

Lateral porous silicon membranes for planar microfluidic applications

Y He - 2016 - laas.hal.science
Lab on a chip devices aim at integrating functions routinely used in medical laboratories into
miniaturized chips to target health care applications with a promising impact foreseen in …

Porous silicon optical devices for sensing applications

V Torres-Costa, F Agulló-Rueda, RJ Martín-Palma… - Optical materials, 2005 - Elsevier
Porous silicon (PS) has a great potential in a wide range of fields due to its tuneable
effective refractive index, which can be tailored through the precise control of the formation …

Characterization of porous silicon based optical sensor system for biosensor applications

A Kovacs, P Jonnalagadda, XY Meng… - SENSORS, 2009 …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Porous silicon based multilayer structures for optical sensors have been simulated,
fabricated and tested. The properties of optical sensors using porous silicon multilayer can …

Porous silicon biosensor for the detection of bacteria through their lysate

R Vercauteren, A Leprince, J Mahillon, LA Francis - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Porous silicon (PSi) has been widely used as a biosensor in recent years due to its large
surface area and its optical properties. Most PSi biosensors consist in close-ended porous …

Rationally designed porous silicon as platform for optical biosensors

G Priano, LN Acquaroli, LC Lasave, F Battaglini… - Thin Solid Films, 2012 - Elsevier
Optical porous silicon multilayer structures are able to work as sensitive chemical sensors or
biosensors based in their optical response. An algorithm to simulate the optical response of …

[HTML][HTML] New concepts of integrated photonic biosensors based on porous silicon

C Li, E Gerelli, R Orobtchouk, T Benyattou… - Biosensors-Emerging …, 2011 - intechopen.com
A biosensor is a device that uses specific biochemical reactions mediated by isolated
tissues, enzymes, immunosystems, organelles or whole cells to detect chemical compounds …