Recent advances in optical sensors for continuous glucose monitoring

I Ahmed, N Jiang, X Shao, M Elsherif, F Alam… - Sensors & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Diabetes has recently become the leading cause of death worldwide. So far, there is no
effective treatment to cure or prevent diabetes. Still, reasonable blood control through …

Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) in biomedical spectroscopy

A Schwaighofer, M Brandstetter, B Lendl - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum cascade lasers (QCL) are the first room temperature semiconductor laser source
for the mid-IR spectral region, triggering substantial development for the advancement of …

Field-resolved infrared spectroscopy of biological systems

I Pupeza, M Huber, M Trubetskov, W Schweinberger… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The proper functioning of living systems and physiological phenotypes depends on
molecular composition. Yet simultaneous quantitative detection of a wide variety of …

Single-shot sub-microsecond mid-infrared spectroscopy on protein reactions with quantum cascade laser frequency combs

JL Klocke, M Mangold, P Allmendinger, A Hugi… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The kinetic analysis of irreversible protein reactions requires an analytical technique that
provides access to time-dependent infrared spectra in a single shot. Here, we present a …

A review of optical methods for continuous glucose monitoring

IL Jernelv, K Milenko, SS Fuglerud… - Applied Spectroscopy …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Frequent glucose monitoring is a fundamental part of diabetes management, and good
glucose control is important for long-term health outcomes. New types of electrochemical …

Waveguide-enhanced mid-infrared chem/bio sensors

B Mizaikoff - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite providing the opportunity for directly sensing molecular constituents with inherent
fingerprint specificity in the 2.5–20 μm spectral regime, mid-infrared optical sensing …

Hydrogel‐based composites: unlimited platforms for biosensors and diagnostics

Z Wang, Y Liu, Z Wang, X Huang, W Huang - View, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The need for biosensing systems, which are capable of reliable and accurate detection of
physiological signals and disease biomarkers along with biocompatible surface chemistry …

Beyond Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: external cavity quantum cascade laser-based mid-infrared transmission spectroscopy of proteins in the amide I and …

A Schwaighofer, M Montemurro, S Freitag… - Analytical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present a setup for mid-IR measurements of the protein amide I and amide II
bands in aqueous solution. Employing a latest generation external cavity-quantum cascade …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-IR dispersion spectroscopy–A new avenue for liquid phase analysis

A Dabrowska, S Lindner, A Schwaighofer… - Spectrochimica Acta Part …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mid-IR dispersion spectroscopy is an attractive, novel approach to liquid phase analysis that
extends the possibilities of traditional methods based on the detection of absorption via …

Diffraction-limited hyperspectral mid-infrared single-pixel microscopy

A Ebner, P Gattinger, I Zorin, L Krainer, C Rankl… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this contribution, we demonstrate a wide-field hyperspectral mid-infrared (MIR)
microscope based on multidimensional single-pixel imaging (SPI). The microscope employs …