Transdermal drug delivery is one of the least intrusive and patient-friendly ways for
therapeutic agent administration. Recently, functional nano-systems have been …

The main challenge for all electrical, mechanical and optical sensors is to detect low
molecular weight (less than 400 Da) chemical and biological analytes under extremely …

It has been more than two decades since aptamer and the systematic evolution of ligands by
exponential enrichment (SELEX) method were discovered by Larry Gold and Andrew …

Introduction: Optical biosensors, particularly those based on nanoplasmonics technology,
have emerged in recent decades as a potential solution for disease diagnostics and therapy …

Label-free optical biosensors are an intriguing option for the analyses of many analytes, as
they offer several advantages such as high sensitivity, direct and real-time measurement in …

Sensors are devices that respond to physical or chemical stimuli and produce detectable
signals. 1r4 They are a critical extension of human perception of the world in many aspects …

Nucleic acid aptamers are single stranded DNA or RNA sequences that specifically bind a
cognate ligand. In addition to their widespread use as stand-alone affinity binding reagents …

Aptasensors are aptamer-based biosensors with excellent recognition capability towards a
wide range of targets. Specially, there have been ever-growing interests in the development …

In recent years new nucleic acid and protein‐based combinatorial molecules have attracted
the attention of researchers working in various areas of science, ranging from medicine to …

Sensitive, specific, rapid, inexpensive and easy-to-use nucleic acid tests for use at the point-
of-need are critical for the emerging field of personalised medicine for which companion …