Applications of gold nanoparticles in ELISA, PCR, and immuno-PCR assays: A review

MS Tabatabaei, R Islam, M Ahmed - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of state-of-the-art assays for sensitive and specific detection of
disease biomarkers has received significant interest for early detection and prevention of …

Progress in the development of polymeric and multifunctional photoinitiators

J Zhou, X Allonas, A Ibrahim, X Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
UV-curing technology has been developed and widely used in industry for 6 decades.
However, the migration of low-molecular-weight photoproducts is today an important …

Radical polymerization reactions for amplified biodetection signals

S Kim, HD Sikes - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions that provide amplified biodetection signals are essential in point-of-care
diagnostics, a category of portable biosensors that should detect nanomolar to attomolar …

Using photo-initiated polymerization reactions to detect molecular recognition

K Kaastrup, HD Sikes - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Widely used medical diagnostic devices and assays that sense the presence of a particular
molecule in a bodily fluid often rely on either a nanoparticle label or an enzymatic reaction to …

Substituent Effects of Fluorescein on Photoredox Initiating Performance under Visible Light

WO Choi, YJ Jung, M Kim, H Kim, J Li, H Ko, HI Lee… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We demonstrated the effects of substituents in fluorescein on the photoredox catalytic
performance under visible light. For the systematic investigation, the phenyl ring of …

Visible-Light-Mediated Radical Arylations Using a Fluorescein-Derived Diazonium Salt: Reactions Proceeding via an Intramolecular Forth and Back Electron Transfer

N Diesendorf, P Wenisch, J Oppl, MR Heinrich - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Functionalizations of arenes and alkenes via additive-free radical reactions using highly
photosensitive, fluorescein-derived diazonium salts are described. The particular properties …

Characterization of molecular transport in ultrathin hydrogel coatings for cellular immunoprotection

JL Lilly, G Romero, W Xu, HY Shin… - Biomacromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
PEG hydrogels are routinely used in immunoprotection applications to hide foreign cells
from a host immune system. Size-dependent transport is typically exploited in these systems …

Liposome-enhanced polymerization-based signal amplification for highly sensitive naked-eye biodetection in paper-based sensors

S Kim, HD Sikes - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymerization-based signal amplification (PBA) is a material-based approach to improving
the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests. Eosin Y is used as an assay label to photo …

Comparison of eosin and fluorescein conjugates for the photoinitiation of cell-compatible polymer coatings

JL Lilly, A Gottipati, CF Cahall, M Agoub, BJ Berron - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Targeted photopolymerization is the basis for multiple diagnostic and cell encapsulation
technologies. While eosin is used in conjunction with tertiary amines as a water-soluble …

Photoinduced radical polymerization by methyl fluoresceins under visible light and the application to signal amplification of hydrogen peroxide

JB Nganga, YJ Jung, Y Si, M Kim, H Ko, GT Hwang… - Dyes and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate visible‒light‒induced radical polymerization initiated by methyl fluorescein
and its derivatives (eg, methyl ether of fluorescein, methyl ether ester of fluorescein, and …