Emerging cytokine biosensors with optical detection modalities and nanomaterial-enabled signal enhancement

M Singh, J Truong, WB Reeves, J Hahm - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
Protein biomarkers, especially cytokines, play a pivotal role in the diagnosis and treatment of
a wide spectrum of diseases. Therefore, a critical need for advanced cytokine sensors has …

Fundamental properties of one-dimensional zinc oxide nanomaterials and implementations in various detection modes of enhanced biosensing

J Hahm - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Recent bioapplications of one-dimensional (1D) zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials, despite the
short development period, have shown promising signs as new sensors and assay platforms …

A nanostructured microfluidic immunoassay platform for highly sensitive infectious pathogen detection

X Yu, Y Xia, Y Tang, WL Zhang, YT Yeh, H Lu… - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid and simultaneous detection of multiple potential pathogens by portable devices can
facilitate early diagnosis of infectious diseases, and allow for rapid and effective …

Hybrid ZnO nanorod-polymer brush hierarchically nanostructured substrate for sensitive antibody microarrays.

W Hu, Y Liu, T Chen, CM Li - Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach …, 2014 - europepmc.org
A hierarchically nanostructured organic-inorganic hybrid substrate comprising randomly
oriented ZnO nanorods on glass slide with coaxially tethered dense polymer brush …

Diameter-optimized high-order waveguide nanorods for fluorescence enhancement applied in ultrasensitive bioassays

B Du, C Tang, D Zhao, H Zhang, D Yu, M Yu… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of fluorescence enhancement (FE) platforms based on ZnO nanorods (NRs)
has sparked considerable interest, thanks to their well-demonstrated potential in chemical …

Biosensing using arrays of vertical semiconductor nanowires: Mechanosensing and biomarker detection

M Lard, H Linke, CN Prinz - Nanotechnology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to their high aspect ratio and increased surface-to-foot-print area, arrays of vertical
semiconductor nanowires are used in numerous biological applications, such as cell …

A fluorometric microarray with ZnO substrate-enhanced fluorescence and suppressed “coffee-ring” effects for fluorescence immunoassays

S Li, M Dong, R Li, L Zhang, Y Qiao, Y Jiang, W Qi… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A glass slide was first patterned with hydrophobic hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDS) and
then microspotted with hydrophilic ZnO nanoparticles in an aminopropyltriethoxysilane …

Spatially distinct Raman scattering characteristics of individual ZnO nanorods under controlled polarization: intense end scattering from forbidden modes

M Hansen, J Truong, T Xie, J Hahm - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we characterize incident/scattered polarization-specific and NR position-
resolved Raman scattering behaviors of individual zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs). We …

Polymerizing dopamine onto Q-graphene scaffolds towards the fluorescent nanocomposites with high aqueous stability and enhanced fluorescence for the …

M Dong, C Liu, S Li, R Li, Y Qiao, L Zhang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dopamine (DA) was polymerized onto the scaffolds of Q-graphene (QG) nanomaterials by
the one-pot H 2 O 2 oxidation under the microwave radiations. The so yielded fluorescent …

Single nanomaterial level investigation of ZnO nanorod sulfidation reactions via position resolved confocal Raman spectroscopy

M Hansen, J Truong, B Szychowski, T Xie, MC Daniel… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials have been used as desulfurizing sorbents for gaseous
streams, zinc sulfide (ZnS)-forming template lattices in nanomaterial synthesis, and …