A comprehensive review on emerging role of rare earth oxides in electrochemical biosensors

YY Lee, B Sriram, SF Wang, S Kogularasu… - Microchemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrochemical biosensors have gained significant attention in various fields, including
healthcare, environmental monitoring, and biotechnology, due to their high sensitivity …

Near-infrared-responsive photoelectrochemical biosensors

K Dashtian, S Hajati, R Karimi, M Keyhan - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomarker identification is critical for noninvasive early disease diagnosis, addressing
limitations found in traditional methods such as ELISA. As an alternative …

Detour to success: photoswitching via indirect excitation

K Kuntze, J Isokuortti, JJ van der Wal, T Laaksonen… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoswitchable molecules that undergo nanoscopic changes upon photoisomerisation can
be harnessed to control macroscopic properties such as colour, solubility, shape, and …

Exploring the multifunctional roles of quantum dots for unlocking the future of biology and medicine

MK Ali, S Javaid, H Afzal, I Zafar, K Fayyaz… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
With recent advancements in nanomedicines and their associated research with biological
fields, their translation into clinically-applicable products is still below promises. Quantum …

Innovative strategies and approaches for enhancing performance in optical probe-based biosensors for point-of-care testing

B **, C Zhang, C Ma, H Yin, S Li, Z Du, G Zhao… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Optical probe-based biosensors (OPBs) have proven instrumental in human health
monitoring. The growing portability and miniaturization of OPBs have rendered them cost …

Multifunctional nanotheranostics for overcoming the blood–brain barrier

M Beygi, F Oroojalian, S Azizi‐Arani… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a tailored system of capillary endothelial cells intermixed
with tight junctions and adherent junctions that regulates the transport of various materials …

Lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles for low-energy super-resolution applications

S Lamon, H Yu, Q Zhang, M Gu - Light: Science & Applications, 2024 - nature.com
Energy-intensive technologies and high-precision research require energy-efficient
techniques and materials. Lens-based optical microscopy technology is useful for low …

Recent Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Self-Immolative Polymers for Drug Delivery and Molecular Imaging

Y Li, J Liu, J He, A Dey, VD Bui, JH Park - Chemistry of Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive self-immolative polymers (SIPs) represent a unique class of polymers
that can undergo controlled, sequential head-to-tail depolymerization upon specific stimuli …

Focusing on the infrared region: a critical review of infrared-related materials and techniques for the development, imaging, and analysis of latent fingerprints

C Yuan, M Wang, M Li, Y Sun, J Lv - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
It is a fundamental task in forensic science to utilize latent fingerprints to identify individuals
who may be involved in a crime. Over the past two decades, owing to multiple benefits of …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles as nanoprobes for bioimaging

H Li, H Liu, KL Wong, A All - Biomaterials science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are a class of nanomaterials composed of lanthanide
ions with great potential for paraclinical applications, especially in laboratory and imaging …