Liquid crystal materials for biomedical applications

Z Zhang, X Yang, Y Zhao, F Ye, L Shang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …

Nucleic acid tests for clinical translation

M Li, F Yin, L Song, X Mao, F Li, C Fan, X Zuo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acids, including deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are
natural biopolymers composed of nucleotides that store, transmit, and express genetic …

Applications of liquid crystals in biosensing

Z Wang, T Xu, A Noel, YC Chen, T Liu - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid crystals (LCs), as a promising branch of highly-sensitive, quick-response, and low-
cost materials, are widely applied to the detection of weak external stimuli and have …

Improving aptamer performance: key factors and strategies

H Yu, J Zhu, G Shen, Y Deng, X Geng, L Wang - Microchimica Acta, 2023 - Springer
Aptamers are functional single-stranded oligonucleotide fragments isolated from
randomized libraries by Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment …

Nucleic acids analysis

Y Zhao, X Zuo, Q Li, F Chen, YR Chen, J Deng… - Science China …, 2021 - Springer
Nucleic acids are natural biopolymers of nucleotides that store, encode, transmit and
express genetic information, which play central roles in diverse cellular events and diseases …

Boronate affinity-based electrochemical aptasensor for point-of-care glycoprotein detection

Q Hu, S Hu, S Li, S Liu, Y Liang, X Cao, Y Luo… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As a class of oligosaccharide chain-containing proteins, glycoproteins are of great value in
screening and early diagnosis of malignant tumors and other major diseases. Herein, we …

NIR-II fluorescent nanoprobe-labeled lateral flow biosensing platform: A high-performance point-of-care testing for carcinoembryonic antigen

Z Song, Y Suo, S Duan, S Zhang, L Liu, B Chen… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluorescent lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) is one of the most common analytical platforms
for point-of-care testing (POCT), which is capable of facile and early screening of …

Liquid crystal biosensors: A new therapeutic window to point-of-care diagnostics

I Pani, S Sil, SK Pal - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
After revolutionizing the field of electro-optic displays, liquid crystals (LCs) are emerging as
functional soft materials with wide-ranging biomedical implications. Integrating smart sensor …

Synergetic PtNP@Co3O4 hollow nanopolyhedrals as peroxidase-like nanozymes for the dual-channel homogeneous biosensing of prostate-specific antigen

X Cao, M Liu, M Zhao, J Li, J **a, T Zou… - Analytical and …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, novel synergetic PtNP@ Co 3 O 4 hollow nanopolyhedrals with peroxidase-
like activities are designed and prepared, which can be used as electrochemical and …

Liquid crystal-based sensors for the detection of biomarkers at the aqueous/LC interface

M Khan, S Liu, L Qi, C Ma, S Munir, L Yu… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decorating liquid crystals (LCs) with stimuli-responsive materials provides a bridge between
the LCs and the biochemical interactions. The alignments of the LC molecules are …