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- Nanomaterials significantly enhance the performance of biosensors by increasing the surface area, which allows for better interaction between the analyte and the sensing element.
- Their unique physical and chemical properties can serve as transducers, improving the signal detection process in biosensor devices.
- Combining various nanomaterials can lead to new synergetic effects, further advancing the effectiveness of signal capture in biosensing applications.
Article Abstract
Nanomaterials have become essential components for the development of biosensors since such nanosized compounds were shown to clearly increase the analytical performance. The improvements are mainly related to an increased surface area, thus providing an enhanced accessibility for the analyte, the compound to be detected, to the receptor unit, the sensing element. Nanomaterials can also add value to biosensor devices due to their intrinsic physical or chemical properties and can even act as transducers for the signal capture. Among the vast amount of examples where nanomaterials demonstrate their superiority to bulk materials, the combination of different nano-objects with different characteristics can create phenomena which contribute to new or improved signal capture setups. These phenomena and their utility in biosensor devices are summarized in a non-exhaustive way where the principles behind these synergetic effects are emphasized.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469533 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17051010 | DOI Listing |
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