Biosensors and sensors for dopamine detection

X Liu, J Liu - View, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dopamine is a key catecholamine neurotransmitter and it has critical roles in the function of
the human central nervous system. Abnormal release of dopamine is related to neurological …

Critical evaluation of aptamer binding for biosensor designs

Y Zhao, K Yavari, J Liu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last three decades, numerous aptamer-based biosensors have been reported. The
basis of these sensors is the selective binding of target analytes by aptamers. In the last few …

Aptamer-modified Au nanoparticles: Functional nanozyme bioreactors for cascaded catalysis and catalysts for chemodynamic treatment of cancer cells

Y Ouyang, M Fadeev, P Zhang, R Carmieli, J Li… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyadenine-stabilized Au nanoparticles (pA-AuNPs) reveal dual nanozyme catalytic
activities toward the H2O2-mediated oxidation of dopamine to aminochrome and toward the …

Conjugation of antibodies and aptamers on nanozymes for developing biosensors

X Tao, X Wang, B Liu, J Liu - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanozymes are engineered nanomaterials with enzyme-like activities. Over the past
decade, impressive progresses on nanozymes in biosensing have been made due to their …

Flash synthesis of spherical nucleic acids with record DNA density

Y Hao, Y Li, L Song, Z Deng - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles (NPs) decorated with a high density of DNA strands, also known as spherical
nucleic acids (SNAs), are widely used in DNA-programmable assembly, sensing, imaging …

Simultaneous stabilization and functionalization of gold nanoparticles via biomolecule conjugation: Progress and perspectives

JW Lee, SR Choi, JH Heo - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are used in various biological applications because of their
small surface area-to-volume ratios, ease of synthesis and modification, low toxicity, and …

Dopamine and melamine binding to gold nanoparticles dominates their aptamer-based label-free colorimetric sensing

X Liu, F He, F Zhang, Z Zhang, Z Huang… - Analytical chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Target-directed aptamer adsorption by gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has been widely used to
develop label-free colorimetric biosensors. However, the potential interactions between …

Nanozyme's catching up: activity, specificity, reaction conditions and reaction types

Y Li, J Liu - Materials Horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanozymes aim to mimic enzyme activities. In addition to catalytic activity, nanozymes also
need to have specificity and catalyze biologically relevant reactions under physiological …

Highly stable buffer-based zinc oxide/reduced graphene oxide nanosurface chemistry for rapid immunosensing of SARS-CoV-2 antigens

F Haghayegh, R Salahandish, M Hassani… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The widespread and long-lasting effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has called attention to
the significance of technological advances in the rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 virus. This …

The promise of nanotechnology in personalized medicine

MA Alghamdi, AN Fallica, N Virzì… - Journal of personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both personalized medicine and nanomedicine are new to medical practice. Nanomedicine
is an application of the advances of nanotechnology in medicine and is being integrated into …