Owing to their excellent multiplexing ability, high sensitivity, and large dynamic range,
immunoassays using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) as the readout signal …

The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Recent progress in surface-initiated polymerization enables the deliberate polymer
modification of nanoscopic surfaces with high levels of precision. This has given rise to the …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs), due to their unique physical and chemical properties, including
optical properties, are highly regarded and have extensive applications in biomedical. One …

Bright blue luminescent graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with major graphitic structured
nanocrystals and a photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield of 15.5% were synthesized and …

Currently gold nanoparticles are widely used in optical bioassays because of their
characteristics, such as good biocompatibility, excellent optical performance, special …

Localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has been
exploited for two decades in analytical science and has proven to be a powerful tool for the …

Chemical reactions that provide amplified biodetection signals are essential in point-of-care
diagnostics, a category of portable biosensors that should detect nanomolar to attomolar …

Recent research has looked to develop innovative, powerful and novel biofunctionalized
nanoparticles, controlling and tailoring their properties in a very predictable manner to meet …

Abstract Development of a digital, frugal, portable testing device for quantification of glucose
and ketones in the human urine sample is presented in this article. Based on the …