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Published on: January 15, 2013

Optically Active Nanomaterials and Its Biosensing Applications-A Review.

Santosh Kumar¹, Zhi Wang¹, Wen Zhang¹

¹Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Communication Science and Technology, School of Physics Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China.

|January 21, 2023

Summary

Optically active nanomaterials enhance biosensor sensitivity and biocompatibility. This review explores various nanomaterial types for improved optical biosensing performance and applications.

Keywords:

biosensing applications carbon-based nanomaterials composite-based nanomaterials inorganic-based nanomaterials optically active nanomaterials organic-based nanomaterials

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Area of Science:

Optoelectronics
Nanotechnology
Biomedical Engineering

Background:

Optically active nanomaterials offer enhanced sensitivity and biocompatibility for biosensing.
Nanomaterials are crucial for advancing optical biosensing technologies.
Diverse nanomaterial compositions (carbon, inorganic, organic, composite) are explored for biosensing.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the application of optically active nanomaterials in optical biosensing.
To investigate various nanomaterial compositions for biosensing applications.
To highlight contemporary research and future prospects in nanomaterial-based optical sensing.

Main Methods:

Comprehensive literature review of optically active nanomaterials in biosensing.
Analysis of different nanomaterial types (carbon-based, inorganic, organic, composite).
Examination of applications in fiber optic biosensing.

Main Results:

Optically active nanomaterials significantly improve biosensor sensitivity and biocompatibility.
Various nanomaterials demonstrate potential for enhanced response time, detection limits, and specificity.
Fiber optic biosensing benefits greatly from nanomaterial integration.

Conclusions:

Optically active nanomaterials are vital for next-generation optical biosensors.
Further research into synthesis, characterization, and application is needed.
Nanomaterial-based optical sensing holds significant promise for future diagnostics.