Enhanced fluorescence detection of miRNA by means of Bloch surface wave-based biochips
Agostino Occhicone, Francesco Michelotti, Paola Rosa, Daniele Chiappetta, Tommaso Pileri, Paola Del Porto, Norbert Danz, Peter Munzert, Giuseppe Pignataro, Alberto Sinibaldi
Abstract
. The low costs open the way towards the application of these disposable optical biochips based on 1DPC sustaining Bloch surface waves as a promising tool for early disease detection in a liquid biopsy format.
Topics & Concepts
BiochipFluorescencePhotonic crystalSurface (topology)NanotechnologyOptoelectronicsChemistryMaterials scienceOpticsPhysicsMathematicsGeometryPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon ResearchPhotonic and Optical Devices