Photonic Crystals in Bioassays

Photonic crystal (PC) based bioassay techniques have many advantages in sensitive biomolecular screening, label‐free detection, real‐time monitoring of enzyme activity, cell morphology research, and so on. This study provides an overall survey of the basic concepts and up‐to‐date research concerning...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Advanced functional materials 2010-09, Vol.20 (18), p.2970-2988
Main Authors: Zhao, Yuanjin, Zhao, Xiangwei, Gu, Zhongze
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bioassays
biosensors
fluorescence enhancement
label-free
photonic crystals
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Photonic crystal (PC) based bioassay techniques have many advantages in sensitive biomolecular screening, label‐free detection, real‐time monitoring of enzyme activity, cell morphology research, and so on. This study provides an overall survey of the basic concepts and up‐to‐date research concerning the very promising use of PC materials for bioassays. It includes the design and application of PC films, PC microcarriers, PC fibers, and PC optofluidics for fluorescence enhancement or label‐free bioassays. Emphasis is given to the description of the functional structures of different PC materials and their respective sensing mechanisms. Examples of detecting various types of analytes are presented. This article promotes communication among chemistry, biology, medicine, pharmacy, and material science. Photonic crystal (PC) based bioassay techniques have many advantages in sensitive biomolecular screening, label‐free detection, real‐time monitoring of enzyme activity, cell morphology research, and so on. This study provides an overall survey of the basic concepts and up‐to‐date research concerning the very promising use of the PC films, PC microcarriers, PC fibers, and PC optofluidics for bioassays.
ISSN:1616-301X
1616-3028
DOI:10.1002/adfm.201000098