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Anca Mateescu¹, Yi Wang², Jakub Dostalek³

¹Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL), Bio-Organic Materials Chemistry Laboratory (BOMCLab), Nikolaou Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece. mateescu@iesl.forth.gr.

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Hydrogel films offer biocompatible, non-fouling surfaces for optical biosensors. Responsive hydrogels add dynamic capabilities to these advanced sensing devices.

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Area of Science:

Biomaterials Science
Optical Biosensing
Surface Chemistry

Background:

Hydrogels, water-swollen polymer networks, possess unique properties beneficial for biosensors.
Key attributes include biocompatibility, non-fouling characteristics, low cytotoxicity, and excellent optical quality.
Surface-attached hydrogel films serve as active matrices in optical biosensing platforms.

Purpose of the Study:

To review surface-attached hydrogel films as active binding matrices in optical biosensors.
To discuss the chemical nature, properties, and applications of hydrogel architectures for affinity biosensing.
To highlight the role of responsive hydrogels in advanced biosensing devices.

Main Methods:

Focus on optical biosensors utilizing evanescent wave optics.
Review of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and optical waveguide mode spectroscopy (OWMS).
Discussion of hydrogel film properties and their interaction with sensing mechanisms.

Main Results:

Hydrogel films demonstrate high optical quality and transparency, crucial for evanescent wave detection.
Surface-attached hydrogels enable highly sensitive affinity biosensing.
Responsive hydrogel systems offer tunable physical properties for complex sensing behaviors.

Conclusions:

Hydrogel films are versatile materials for developing advanced optical biosensors.
Their biocompatibility and optical properties make them ideal for sensitive biomolecule detection.
Responsive hydrogels provide sophisticated functionalities for next-generation biosensing applications.