Photonic crystals: emerging biosensors and their promise for point-of-care applications

H Inan, M Poyraz, F Inci, MA Lifson, M Baday… - Chemical society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Biosensors are extensively employed for diagnosing a broad array of diseases and
disorders in clinical settings worldwide. The implementation of biosensors at the point-of …

Review of integrated optical biosensors for point-of-care applications

YT Chen, YC Lee, YH Lai, JC Lim, NT Huang, CT Lin… - Biosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article reviews optical biosensors and their integration with microfluidic channels. The
integrated biosensors have the advantages of higher accuracy and sensitivity because they …

Optical biosensors based on refractometric sensing schemes: A review

Y Chen, J Liu, Z Yang, JS Wilkinson, X Zhou - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biosensor technology is an active field of research and development presenting rapid
progress in recent decades, and the subfield of optical biosensors based on refractometric …

Photonic crystal resonances for sensing and imaging

G Pitruzzello, TF Krauss - Journal of Optics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This review provides an insight into the recent developments of photonic crystal (PhC)-
based devices for sensing and imaging, with a particular emphasis on biosensors. We focus …

Phase-sensitive plasmonic biosensor using a portable and large field-of-view interferometric microarray imager

F Yesilkoy, RA Terborg, J Pello, AA Belushkin… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Nanophotonics, and more specifically plasmonics, provides a rich toolbox for biomolecular
sensing, since the engineered metasurfaces can enhance light–matter interactions to …

Flexible mechanochromic photonic crystals: routes to visual sensors and their mechanical properties

R Zhang, Q Wang, X Zheng - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in mechanochromic photonic crystals
with potential applications in smart displays, strain sensors, biomedical devices, household …

Current trends in photonic biosensors: Advances towards multiplexed integration

JC Ramirez, D Grajales García, J Maldonado… - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review, we present the current trends in photonic biosensors, focusing on devices
based on lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems capable of simultaneously detecting multiple real-life …

Refractometric imaging and biodetection empowered by nanophotonics

S Sun, L Wu, Z Geng, PP Shum, X Ma… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Advancing clinical and nonclinical diagnostic technologies is particularly crucial for
improved preparedness for the next pandemic and other global healthcare challenges. To …

Multiband and ultrahigh figure-of-merit nanoplasmonic sensing with direct electrical readout in Au-Si nanojunctions

L Wen, L Liang, X Yang, Z Liu, B Li, Q Chen - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanoplasmonic sensors are heralding exciting advances as clinical diagnostics as they
facilitate label-free, real-time, and ultrasensitive monitoring in a small footprint. But in …

Design of a highly sensitive photonic crystal refractive index sensor incorporating ring-shaped GaAs cavity

F Rahman-Zadeh, M Danaie, H Kaatuzian - Opto-Electronics Review, 2019 - Elsevier
Two highly sensitive optical sensor topologies are proposed and simulated in this paper.
The proposed structures are optimized to provide better performance characteristics such as …