Porous silicon-based photonic biosensors: Current status and emerging applications

S Arshavsky-Graham, N Massad-Ivanir… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Since its first demonstration as a promising material for molecular detection two decades
ago, porous silicon (PSi) has become a commercially viable optical biosensor platform …

Patterned perovskites for optoelectronic applications

X Yang, J Wu, T Liu, R Zhu - Small Methods, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a mature strategy for constructing microstructures, patterning technologies are widely
used in the optoelectronic field to satisfy the requirements of functional and/or aesthetic …

The biocompatibility of porous silicon in tissues of the eye

SP Low, NH Voelcker, LT Canham, KA Williams - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
In this report, we explore the biocompatibility of thermally-oxidised, aminosilanised porous
silicon membranes and their potential to support human ocular cells in vitro and in vivo, in …

Tailored porous silicon microparticles: fabrication and properties

C Chiappini, E Tasciotti, JR Fakhoury, D Fine… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The use of mesoporous silicon particles for drug delivery has been widely explored thanks
to their biodegradability and biocompatibility. The ability to tailor the physicochemical …

Electrochemical determination of hydrogen peroxide using copper/porous silicon based non-enzymatic sensor

AA Ensafi, MM Abarghoui, B Rezaei - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2014 - Elsevier
Copper on porous silicon (Cu/PSi) nanocomposite powder is a new electrode material
synthesized by electrodeless deposition of copper nanoparticles on the etched PSi powder …

The importance of surface chemistry in mesoporous materials: lessons from porous silicon biosensors

KA Kilian, T Böcking, JJ Gooding - Chemical Communications, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The ease of fabricating high quality photonic crystals from porous silicon and its
biocompatibility have inspired the conception of various biosensing schemes using this …

Using continuous porous silicon gradients to study the influence of surface topography on the behaviour of neuroblastoma cells

YL Khung, G Barritt, NH Voelcker - Experimental Cell Research, 2008 - Elsevier
The effects of surface topography on cell behaviour are the subject of intense research in
cell biology. These effects have so far only been studied using substrate surfaces of …

Dual silane surface functionalization for the selective attachment of human neuronal cells to porous silicon

MJ Sweetman, CJ Shearer, JG Shapter, NH Voelcker - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
Porous silicon (pSi) surfaces were chemically micropatterned through a combination of
photolithography and surface silanization reactions. This patterning technique produces …

Fabrication and characterization of an aptamer-based N-type silicon nanowire FET biosensor for VEGF detection

SI Zida, CC Yang, YL Khung, YD Lin - Journal of Medical and Biological …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Cancer detection is an important part of modern medical diagnosis and many
strategies based on nanotechnology had been developed in recent years. Of which, silicon …

Functionalised porous silicon as a biosensor: emphasis on monitoring cells in vivo and in vitro

B Gupta, Y Zhu, B Guan, PJ Reece, JJ Gooding - Analyst, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous silicon photonics is the ideal platform for high sensitivity, high selectivity monitoring
of biological molecules in a complex fluidic environment. The potential of this technology …