Nanomaterials as versatile tools for signal amplification in (bio)analytical applications

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 306-316

  Fenzl, Christoph ^a   Hirsch, Thomas ^a   Baeumner, Antje J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Bio)analytical sensing; Electrochemical; Enzymatic; Immunoassay; Label; Nanomaterial; Nanoparticle; Optical; Signal amplification; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ASSAYS; CARBON; LABELING; LIPOSOMES; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; YARN;

(BIO)ANALYTICAL SENSING; ELECTROCHEMICAL; ENZYMATIC; IMMUNOASSAY; OPTICAL; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHENE; LIPOSOME; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

ANALYSIS; BIOANALYSIS; BIOASSAY; BIOSENSOR; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLORIMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL PULSE VOLTAMMETRY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84961339827     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.10.018     Document Type: Review

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