Advances and insights in the diagnosis of viral infections

J Dronina, U Samukaite-Bubniene… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Viral infections are the most common among diseases that globally require around 60
percent of medical care. However, in the heat of the pandemic, there was a lack of medical …

Hybrid Tamm-surface plasmon polariton mode for highly sensitive detection of protein interactions

E Buzavaite-Verteliene, I Plikusiene, T Tolenis… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The total internal reflection ellipsometry (TIRE) method was used for the excitation and study
of the sensitivity properties of the hybrid Tamm plasmon polariton–surface plasmon polariton …

Evaluation of kinetics and thermodynamics of interaction between immobilized SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein and specific antibodies by total internal reflection …

I Plikusiene, V Maciulis, A Ramanaviciene… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
During the pandemic, different methods for SARS-CoV-2 detection and COVID-19
diagnostics were developed, including antibody and antigen tests. For a better …

Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein interaction with a specific antibody by combined spectroscopic ellipsometry and quartz crystal microbalance with …

I Plikusiene, V Maciulis, S Juciute… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Detailed evaluations of the antigen and antibody interaction rate and strength of the immune
complex formed are very important for medical and bioanalytical applications. These data …

Investigation and comparison of specific antibodies' affinity interaction with SARS-CoV-2 wild-type, B. 1.1. 7, and B. 1.351 spike protein by total internal reflection …

I Plikusiene, V Maciulis, S Juciute, R Maciuleviciene… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines provide strong protection against COVID-19. However, the
emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants has raised concerns about the efficacy of vaccines. In …

Strong coupling between Tamm and surface plasmons for advanced optical bio-sensing

Z Balevičius - Coatings, 2020 - mdpi.com
The total internal reflection ellipsometry method was used to analyse the angular spectra of
the hybrid Tamm and surface plasmon modes and to compare their results with those …

Evaluation of affinity sensor response kinetics towards dimeric ligands linked with spacers of different rigidity: Immobilized recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating …

I Plikusiene, Z Balevicius, A Ramanaviciene… - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The modelling of protein-protein binding kinetics is important for the development of affinity-
sensors and the prediction of signaling protein based drug efficiency. Therefore, in this …

Towards the application of Al 2 O 3/ZnO nanolaminates in immunosensors: total internal reflection spectroscopic ellipsometry based evaluation of BSA immobilization

Z Balevicius, A Paulauskas, I Plikusiene… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this research Al2O3/ZnO nanolaminates were evaluated for possible application in the
design of optical immunosensors. Total internal reflection ellipsometry (TIRE) was utilized to …

High spectral sensitivity of strongly coupled hybrid Tamm-plasmonic resonances for biosensing application

J Anulytė, E Bužavaitė-Vertelienė, E Stankevičius… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, the sensitivity to the refractive index changes of the ambient was studied on the
uniform gold film (~ 50 nm) with a 1D photonic crystal (PC) from periodic five TiO2 (~ 110 …

Investigation of biomolecule interactions: Optical-, electrochemical-, and acoustic-based biosensors

I Plikusiene, A Ramanaviciene - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
1. Background Today, optical, electrochemical, and acoustic affinity biosensors;
immunosensors; and immunoanalytical systems play an important role in the detection and …