Since its first demonstration as a promising material for molecular detection two decades
ago, porous silicon (PSi) has become a commercially viable optical biosensor platform …

Analyte-sensitive hydrogels that incorporate optical structures have emerged as sensing
platforms for point-of-care diagnostics. The optical properties of the hydrogel sensors can be …

Cocaine cracked: The gel–sol transition of an enzyme‐caged hydrogel has been efficiently
controlled by target binding events, which trigger release of the enzyme to take part in its …

A new class of materials that are capable of color tunability over 300 nm with a 15° C
temperature change is introduced. The materials are assembled from thermoresponsive …

Recent advances in the production of Si nanostructures from electroless etching are
reviewed, including stain etching, metal-assisted etching and chemical vapour etching. A …

Wound monitoring and curing is of great importance in biomedical research. This work
created a smart bandage that can simultaneously monitor and inhibit wound infection. The …

The use of a new class of hybrid nanomaterials as label‐free optical biosensors for bacteria
detection (E. coli K12 as a model system) is demonstrated. The hybrids combine a porous …

A thermoresponsive hydrogel, poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)(poly (NIPAM)), is synthesized
in situ within an oxidized porous Si template, and the nanocomposite material is …

Organic–inorganic hybrids with controlled morphology at the nanometer scale represent an
exciting class of materials that can display unique properties that are culminated by the …

Focusing on a lucrative and increasingly important area of biomedicine, the Biomaterials
Fabrication and Processing Handbook brings together various biomaterials production and …