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Qun Ma¹, Yan Xu^1,2,3

¹Department of Chemical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering Osaka Metropolitan University Sakai Osaka Japan.

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Nanofluidics enables revolutionary biosensing by manipulating fluids in nanoscale channels for applications like disease diagnosis. This review explores current progress, challenges, and future opportunities in nanofluidic biosensing technologies.

Keywords:

detection nanochannels nanopores sensors transducers

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Area of Science:

Nanofluidics and biosensing technologies.

Background:

Nanofluidics studies fluid transport in nanochannels and nanopores.
Biosensing with nanofluidics converts biomolecular information into fluidic signals.
Applications include DNA/protein sequencing, single-molecule analysis, disease diagnosis, and precision medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

To review current progress in nanofluidic biosensing.
To focus on in-plane, out-of-plane, and free-plane nanochannel and nanopore structures.
To highlight potential, challenges, and future opportunities in nanofluidic biosensing.

Main Methods:

Review of current research in nanofluidic biosensing.
Analysis of different nanochannel and nanopore structures (in-plane, out-of-plane, free-plane).
Discussion of challenges and future directions.

Main Results:

Nanofluidics shows significant potential for revolutionizing biosensing paradigms.
Various nanochannel geometries are being explored for biosensing applications.
Key challenges and opportunities in the field are identified.

Conclusions:

Nanofluidic biosensing is a rapidly advancing field with transformative potential.
Addressing current challenges is crucial for future advancements.
This review provides insights to guide future research and development.