Abstract
The situation of infectious diseases and biothreats all over the world remains serious. The effective identification of such diseases plays a very important role. In recent years, gold nanoparticles have been widely used in biosensor design to improve the performance for the detection of infectious diseases and biothreats. Here, recent advances of gold-nanoparticle-based biosensors in this field are summarized. Gold-nanoparticle-based biosensors play an important role in the identification of infectious diseases and biothreats. Gold nanoparticles can be used as signal producers and signal amplifiers to improve the performance of biosensors. Based on this approach, colorimetric, electrochemical, and fluorescent biosensors with high sensitivity and specificity are designed to fight infectious diseases and biothreats.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3490-3496 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 5 Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- biodetection
- biosensors
- gold nanoparticles
- infectious diseases
