Chronic inflammation generated by the tumor microenvironment is known to drive cancer
initiation, proliferation, progression, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. The tumor …

The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Rapid progress in identifying biomarkers that are hallmarks of disease has increased
demand for high-performance detection technologies. Implementation of electrochemical …

Fluorescent quantum dots (QDs), defined by a diameter size of< 10 nm, have been the core
concept of nanoscience and nanotechnology since their inception. QDs possess many …

Cytokines are bioactive proteins produced by many different cells of the immune system.
Due to their role in different inflammatory disease states and maintaining homeostasis, there …

Biosensing and diagnostic platforms with high sensitivity, specificity, and fast response time
are based on immobilized biomolecules such as antibodies (Abs), aptamers, enzymes …

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots (QDs) are monodisperse crystalline
clusters with physical dimensions smaller than the bulk-exciton Bohr radius, ie, the distance …

Nanomaterial-enhanced paper-based biosensors, including lateral-flow test-strip (LFTS),
and paper microfluidic devices, provide powerful analytical platforms for the development of …

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles with very interesting optical
properties, like high quantum yield or narrow and size-tuneable fluorescence spectra …

Nowadays luminescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are widely applied in different
areas due to their unique optical properties. QDs can be used as photoluminescent labels …