Fiber-Optic Biosensors-Trends and Advances

A review of biosensor technology with a specific focus on fiber-optic biosensors is provided. With the advent of optical transducers, better electronics, and improved immobilization methods, fiber-optic biosensors are being increasingly applied to industrial process and environmental monitoring, foo...

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Published inAnalytical Sciences Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 677 - 692
Main Authors MEHRVAR, Mehrab, BIS, Chris, SCHARER, Jeno M., YOUNG, Murray Moo, LUONG, John H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry 2000
Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Biosensors
Biotechnology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Methods. Procedures. Technologies
Various methods and equipments
Transducer
Biosensor
Immobilization
Optical sensor
Review
Application
Optical fiber
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Summary:A review of biosensor technology with a specific focus on fiber-optic biosensors is provided. With the advent of optical transducers, better electronics, and improved immobilization methods, fiber-optic biosensors are being increasingly applied to industrial process and environmental monitoring, food processing, and clinical applications. The vitality of the fiber-optics-based biosensing can be seen from the growing number of publications. In summary, fiber-optic biosensors will play a significant role in the development of biosensors because they can be easily miniaturized and integrated for the determination of different target compounds. Industrial collaboration is needed to speed up progress from the research bench, to the field-study stage, and finally commercialization.
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ISSN:0910-6340
1348-2246
DOI:10.2116/analsci.16.677