Gold nanozymes: from concept to biomedical applications

J Lou-Franco, B Das, C Elliott, C Cao - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, gold nanoparticles have demonstrated excellent enzyme-mimicking
activities which resemble those of peroxidase, oxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase or …

Gold nanoparticle-based colorimetric biosensors

H Aldewachi, T Chalati, MN Woodroofe, N Bricklebank… - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) provide excellent platforms for the development of colorimetric
biosensors as they can be easily functionalised, displaying different colours depending on …

Gold nanoparticles for in vitro diagnostics

W Zhou, X Gao, D Liu, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
IVD test is a crucial component of clinical care that performs a diagnostic test on biological
samples that have been taken from a living body, such as blood, urine, and tissue.(1) Such …

Optical biosensors based on plasmonic nanostructures: a review

B Špačková, P Wrobel, M Bocková… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews fundamentals of optical affinity biosensors based on plasmonic
nanostructures and discusses recent advances in the development of this technology …

Gold nanorods and their plasmonic properties

H Chen, L Shao, Q Li, J Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanorods have been receiving extensive attention owing to their extremely attractive
applications in biomedical technologies, plasmon-enhanced spectroscopies, and optical …

Circulating tumor DNA and liquid biopsy: opportunities, challenges, and recent advances in detection technologies

L Gorgannezhad, M Umer, MN Islam, NT Nguyen… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) refers to short fragments of acellular nucleic acids detectable in
almost all body fluids, including blood, and is involved in various physiological and …

Quantitative and specific detection of exosomal miRNAs for accurate diagnosis of breast cancer using a surface‐enhanced Raman scattering sensor based on …

JU Lee, WH Kim, HS Lee, KH Park, SJ Sim - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs in exosomes (exosomal miRNAs) have attracted increased attention as cancer
biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis owing to their stability in body fluids. Since …

Functional gold nanorods: synthesis, self‐assembly, and sensing applications

L Vigderman, BP Khanal, ER Zubarev - Advanced materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Gold nanorods have received much attention due to their unique optical and electronic
properties which are dependent on their shape, size, and aspect ratio. This article covers in …

Electrochemical biosensor applications of polysaccharides chitin and chitosan

W Suginta, P Khunkaewla, A Schulte - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Because of their remarkable structural and functional properties
biopolymers chitin and chitosan (Figure 1) have received much attention in fundamental …

Trends and challenges of refractometric nanoplasmonic biosensors: A review

MC Estevez, MA Otte, B Sepulveda, LM Lechuga - Analytica chimica acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Motivated by potential benefits such as sensor miniaturization, multiplexing opportunities
and higher sensitivities, refractometric nanoplasmonic biosensing has profiled itself in a …