Optical sensors are widely used for refractive index measurement in chemical, biomedical,
and food processing industries. Due to specific field distribution of the resonances, optical …

Nanoscale fluorescence emitters are efficient for measuring biomolecular interactions, but
their utility for applications requiring single-unit observations is constrained by the need for …

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 …

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 …

Mechanical interactions are fundamental to biology. Mechanical forces of chemical origin
determine motility and adhesion on the cellular scale, and govern transport and affinity on …

Toroidal moments in artificial media have received growing attention and considered as a
promising framework for initiating novel approaches to manage intrinsic radiative losses in …

This article reviews the recent progress in optical biosensors that use the label-free
detection protocol, in which biomolecules are unlabeled or unmodified, and are detected in …

The application of portable, easy‐to‐use and highly sensitive lab‐on‐a‐chip biosensing
devices for real‐time diagnosis could offer significant advantages over current analytical …

Optical label-free detectors, such as the venerable surface plasmon resonance (SPR)
sensor, are generally favored for their ability to obtain quantitative data on intermolecular …

Utilizing its integrated camera as a spectrometer, we demonstrate the use of a smartphone
as the detection instrument for a label-free photonic crystal biosensor. A custom-designed …