Biosensing with Fluorescent Carbon Nanotubes
Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems · University of Duisburg-Essen · +1 more institution
Abstract
Biosensors are powerful tools for modern basic research and biomedical diagnostics. Their development requires substantial input from the chemical sciences. Sensors or probes with an optical readout, such as fluorescence, offer rapid, minimally invasive sensing of analytes with high spatial and temporal resolution. The near-infrared (NIR) region is beneficial because of the reduced background and scattering of biological samples (tissue transparency window) in this range. In this context, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have emerged as versatile NIR fluorescent building blocks for biosensors. Here, we provide an overview of advances in SWCNT-based NIR fluorescent molecular sensors. We focus on chemical…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 17.93
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 259
Authors
4- JAJulia Ackermann
Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen
- JTJustus T. Metternich
Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, Ruhr University Bochum
- SHSvenja Herbertz
Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems
- SKSebastian KrussCorresponding
Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems, Ruhr University Bochum
Topics & keywords
- Fluorescence
- Biosensor
- Carbon nanotube
- Nanotechnology
- Carbon fibers
- Materials science
- Optics
- Physics