1. INTRODUCTION Detection of chemical and biological agents plays a fundamental role in
biomedical, forensic and environmental sciences 1− 4 as well as in anti bioterrorism …

The development of nonlinear optical (NLO) materials has been driven by a multitude of
important technological applications that can be realized if suitable materials are available …

Present study demonstrates the fiber-optic localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)
based sensitive biosensor for detection of Shigella bacterial species. The proposed sensor …

In this work, a novel fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensor based on
graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) pairs was developed for …

Development of DNA biosensors and DNA microarrays has increased tremendously over
the past few years as demonstrated by the large number of scientific publications in this area …

Food safety draws considerable attention in the modern pace of the world owing to rapid-
changing food recipes and food habits. Foodborne illnesses associated with pathogens …

Nanotechnology has the potential of application in the food industry and processing as new
tools for pathogen detection, disease treatment delivery systems, food packaging, and …

Indian agricultural growth has reduced from about 3.6% in 1985–1995 to less than 2% in
1995–2005. This is far below than the targeted 4% annual growth in agricultural sector for …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 has been reported as an important pathogenic bacteria causing
serious infection and economic loss. However, detection of Escherichia coli O157: H7 needs …

We report here cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS QDs)-encapsulated metal-organic
frameworks as signal-amplifying tags for ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of …