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Label-Free Plasmonic Biosensors for Point-of-Care Diagnostics: A Review

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Soler, Maria, Huertas, Cesar S., Lechuga, Laura M.·2019·Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

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Introduction: Optical biosensors, particularly those based on nanoplasmonics technology, have emerged in recent decades as a potential solution for disease diagnostics and therapy follow-up at the point-of-care (POC). These biosensor platforms could overcome some of the challenges faced in conventional diagnosis techniques offering label-free assays with immediate results and employing small and user-friendly devices.Areas covered: In this review, we will provide a critical overview of the recent advances in the development of nanoplasmonic biosensors for the POC diagnostics. We focus on those systems with demonstrated capabilities for integration in portable platforms, highlighting some of the most relevant diagnostics applications targeting proteins, nucleic acids, and cells as disease biomarkers.Expert commentary: Despite the attractive features of label-free nanoplasmonic sensors in terms of miniaturization and analytical robustness, the route toward an effective clinical implementation involves the integration of fully automated microfluidic systems for sample processing and analysis, and the optimization of surface biofunctionalization procedures. Additionally, the development of multiplexed sensors for high-throughput analysis and including specific neoantigens and novel biomarkers in detection panels will provide the means for delivering a powerful analytical technology for an accurate and improved medical diagnosis.

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Authors
Soler, M., Huertas, C. S., & Lechuga, L. M.
Affiliations
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, BIST and CIBER-BBN, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Corresponding author
Soler, Maria
Venue
Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
Published
2018-12-05
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
71-81
ISSN
  • 1473-7159 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-8352
OpenAlex
W2902810208
Cited by
236
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 51 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 8
FWCI
1.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
public-domain
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  • Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Centres de Recerca de Catalunya
  • Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
  • Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España (SEV-2013-0295)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
Keywords
label-free biosensor, plasmonic biosensors, nanoplasmonics, point-of-care testing, portable diagnostic device, microfluidics, surface biofunctionalization, multiplexed sensors, disease biomarkers, protein detection, nucleic acid detection, cell detection, neoantigens
MeSH terms
Humans, Biosensing Techniques, Biomarkers, Point-of-Care Systems, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Molecular Diagnostic Techniques, Nanotechnology

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