HIV-1 is a major global epidemic that requires sophisticated clinical management. There
have been remarkable efforts to develop new strategies for detecting and treating HIV-1, as …

Photonic crystals–optical devices able to respond to changes in the refractive index of a
small volume of space–are an emerging class of label-free chemical-and bio-sensors. This …

Photonic sensing is a novel technology and accurate measurement for biosensing
applications. The present work proposes a defective one-dimensional photonic crystal (1D …

Optofluidics is an interdisciplinary domain merging optics and microfluidics and has driven
significant progress in the development of small-scale, high-performance optical biosensors …

Nanotechnology-based miniaturized devices have been a breakthrough in the pre-clinical
and clinical research areas, eg drug delivery, personalized medicine. They have …

Tetra (4-pyridyl) porphyrin (TPyP)-functionalized thermosensitive ionic microgels (TPyP5-
MGs) were synthesized by a two-step quaternization method. The obtained TPyP5-MGs …

A highly selective and sensitive optical sensor was developed to colorimetric detect trace
Fe3+ ions in aqueous solution. The sensor was the sulfasalazine (SSZ) functionalized …

Planar metal–insulator–metal (MIM) optical cavities are attractive for biochemical and
environmental sensing applications, as they offer a cost-effective cavity platform with …

Approaches to provide chip-scale aqueous chemical sensing for environmental and health
monitoring via a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology are showing promise. To meet …

Silicon nanowire chips can function as sensors for cancer DNA detection, whereby selective
functionalization of the Si sensing areas over the surrounding silicon oxide would prevent …