Porous silicon biosensors employing emerging capture probes

Katharina Urmann, Elena Tenenbaum, Johanna Gabriela Walter, Ester Segal

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Abstract

The application of porous silicon (PSi) for biosensing was first described by Thust et al. in 1996, demonstrating a potentiometric biosensor for the detection of penicillin. However, only in the past decade PSi has established as a promising nanomaterial for label-free biosensing applications. This chapter focuses on the integration of new emerging capture probes with PSi-based biosensing schemes. An overview of natural and synthetic receptors and their advantageous characteristics for the potential application in PSi biosensors technology is presented. We also review and discuss several examples, which successfully combine these new bioreceptors with PSi optical and electrochemical transducers, for label-free biosensing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringer Series in Materials Science
Pages93-116
Number of pages24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Publication series

NameSpringer Series in Materials Science
Volume220

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science

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