Recent advances in biomedical photonic sensors: A focus on optical-fibre-based sensing

M Ochoa, JF Algorri, P Roldán-Varona… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this invited review, we provide an overview of the recent advances in biomedical photonic
sensors within the last five years. This review is focused on works using optical-fibre …

Shining a light on cancer—Photonics in microfluidic tumor modeling and biosensing

CF Guimarães, D Cruz‐Moreira… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic platforms represent a powerful approach to miniaturizing important
characteristics of cancers, improving in vitro testing by increasing physiological relevance …

Fiber-optic semi-distributed Fabry-Perot interferometer for low-limit label-free detection of CCL5 cancer biomarker

A Rakhimbekova, K Seitkamal, B Kudaibergenov… - Optics & Laser …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present an optical fiber label-free biosensor based on a partially stochastic Fabry-Perot
interferometer for the detection of CCL5 (CC Chemokine Ligand 5) cancer biomarker. The …

Particle classification through the analysis of the forward scattered signal in optical tweezers

IA Carvalho, NA Silva, CC Rosa, LCC Coelho… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The ability to select, isolate, and manipulate micron-sized particles or small clusters has
made optical tweezers one of the emergent tools for modern biotechnology. In conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Stimuli-responsive materials for smart lab-on-fiber optrodes

M Giaquinto - Results in Optics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract While the Lab-on-Fiber technology goes on with steady step towards the realization
of increasingly complex optical nanostructures on optical fiber tips, a new class of materials …

Autonomous and intelligent optical tweezers for improving the reliability and throughput of single particle analysis

J Teixeira, FC Moreira, J Oliveira… - Measurement …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical tweezers are an interesting tool to enable single cell analysis, especially when
coupled with optical sensing and advanced computational methods. Nevertheless, such …

Detecting single nanoparticles using fiber-tip nanophotonics

AL Hendriks, D Rabelink, M Dolci, P Dreverman… - Optica, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Sensing nano-objects, from nanoparticles to molecules, has become a crucial need in
environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and drug development. Detection of single …

Single-cell and extracellular nano-vesicles biosensing through phase spectral analysis of optical fiber tweezers back-scattering signals

BJ Barros, JPS Cunha - Communications Engineering, 2024 - nature.com
Diagnosis of health disorders relies heavily on detecting biological data and accurately
observing pathological changes. A significant challenge lies in detecting targeted biological …

Forecasting COVID-19 severity by intelligent optical fingerprinting of blood samples

SP Faria, C Carpinteiro, V Pinto, SM Rodrigues, J Alves… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forecasting COVID-19 disease severity is key to supporting clinical decision making and
assisting resource allocation, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs). Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of optically trapped particles: A comparison between optical fiber tweezers and conventional setups

PAS Jorge, IA Carvalho, FM Marques, V Pinto… - Results in Optics, 2021 - Elsevier
The classification of the type of trapped particles is a crucial task for an efficient integration of
optical-tweezers in intelligent microfluidic devices. In the recent years, the use of the …