The unprecedented deterioration rate of the environmental quality due to rapid urbanization
and industrialization causes a severe global health concern to both ecosystem and …

The use of porous silicon (PS) for biosensing applications is now emerging as it offers
desired properties such as better surface-volume ratio, tunable pore size, ease of …

A variety of silicon-based nanostructures with dimensions in the 1–5 nm range now emit
tunable photoluminescence (PL) spanning the visible range. Achievement of high …

Porous silicon nanoparticles (PSiNPs) have attracted increasing interest as biomedical
probes for drug delivery and imaging. In particular, a set of unique properties including …

Ureases are enzymes highly desirable in immobilized form for a number of applications that
exploit urea cleavage and an increase in pH, inherent to the reaction. Major among them are …

The ease of fabricating high quality photonic crystals from porous silicon and its
biocompatibility have inspired the conception of various biosensing schemes using this …

Porous silicon (PSi) is an excellent nanostructured material which has been extensively
studied for the development of label-free and low-cost optical biosensors. However, the …

Kidney diseases remain often undiagnosed due to inefficient screening methods available
at patient's disposal. Early diagnosis and effective management of kidney problems can best …

Porous silicon photonics is the ideal platform for high sensitivity, high selectivity monitoring
of biological molecules in a complex fluidic environment. The potential of this technology …

An enzyme-linked analytical nanosphere sensor (ANSor) is described, responding to
enzyme− substrate turnover in the vicinity of a quantum dot (QD) due to coimmobilized …