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Fluorescence detection methods for microfluidic droplet platforms
Published on: December 10, 2011
[Progress of evanescent wave fluorescence immunosensors in environmental detection]
Feng Long1, Han-Chang Shi, Miao He
1State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollutants Control, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. longf04@mails.thu.edu.cn
Abstract:
The evanescent wave fluorescence immunosensor, which employs evanescent wave produced in interface of the waveguide when the light transmits on the manner of total internal reflection in the waveguide, is relatively new kind of sensor on the basis of fluorescence immunoassay principle. This sensor has many advantages including strong specificity, high sensitivity, rapid detection, cost-effective and simple operation, which will be widely applied for environmental detection, clinical medicine and food industry. The principle, structure and characteristics of evanescent wave fluorescence immunosensors were covered and the applications of this kind of sensor in environmental detection were introduced.
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