Integrated optical devices for lab-on-a-chip biosensing applications

The application of portable, easy-to-use and highly sensitive lab-on-a-chip biosensing devices for real-time diagnosis could offer significant advantages over current analytical methods. Integrated optics-based biosensors have become the most suitable technology for lab-on-chip integration due to th...

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Autores: Estévez, M. Carmen|||0000-0003-3694-7186, Alvarez, Mar|||0000-0003-4590-4401, Lechuga, Laura M.|||0000-0001-5187-5358
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:288891
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/288891
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1002/lpor.201100025
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Biofunctionalization
Evanescent wave detection
Lab-on-a-chip
Photonic biosensors
Silicon photonics
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Resumo:The application of portable, easy-to-use and highly sensitive lab-on-a-chip biosensing devices for real-time diagnosis could offer significant advantages over current analytical methods. Integrated optics-based biosensors have become the most suitable technology for lab-on-chip integration due to their ability for miniaturization, their extreme sensitivity, robustness, reliability, and their potential for multiplexing and mass production at low cost. This review provides an extended overview of the state-of-the-art in integrated photonic biosensors technology including interferometers, grating couplers, microring resonators, photonic crystals and other novel nanophotonic transducers. Particular emphasis has been placed on describing their real biosensing applications and wherever possible a comparison of the sensing performances between each type of device is included. The way towards achieving operative lab-on-a-chip platform incorporating the photonic biosensors is also reviewed. Concluding remarks regarding the future prospects and potential impact of this technology are also provided.