Nanoporous Anodic Alumina: A Versatile Platform for Optical Biosensors
Abel Santos1, Tushar Kumeria2, Dusan Losic3
1School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Engineering North Building, Adelaide 5005, Australia. abel.santos@adelaide.edu.au.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 10, 2017
Summary
Nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) shows great potential for optical biosensing due to its unique properties, offering a viable alternative to platforms like porous silicon. This review highlights recent advancements and future directions in NAA-based optical biosensor development.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Nanotechnology
- Biomedical Engineering
Background:
- Nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA) possesses unique physical and chemical properties making it suitable for biosensing.
- NAA is emerging as a competitive nanomaterial in optical biosensing applications.
- It presents a promising alternative to established nanoporous platforms like porous silicon.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review recent advances in Nanoporous Anodic Alumina (NAA)-based optical biosensing devices.
- To detail optical detection techniques, principles, and concepts used with NAA platforms.
- To summarize device performance and offer future perspectives in this field.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of recent studies on NAA-based optical biosensors.
- Analysis of various optical detection techniques employed with NAA.
- Compilation and summary of performance data for NAA sensing platforms.
Main Results:
- NAA demonstrates outstanding capabilities for developing optical biosensors.
- Various optical techniques have been successfully combined with NAA.
- NAA-based devices show significant promise compared to other nanoporous materials.
Conclusions:
- Nanoporous anodic alumina is a highly promising material for advanced optical biosensing.
- Continued research and development are expected to further enhance NAA-based biosensor performance.
- NAA offers a versatile and effective platform for future biosensing innovations.
