Login (DCU Staff Only)
Login (DCU Staff Only)

DORAS | DCU Research Repository

Explore open access research and scholarly works from DCU

Advanced Search

Review: The increasing importance of carbon nanotubes and nanostructured conducting polymers in biosensors

Lahiff, Emer, Lynam, Carol, Gilmartin, Niamh, O'Kennedy, Richard and Diamond, Dermot orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839 (2010) Review: The increasing importance of carbon nanotubes and nanostructured conducting polymers in biosensors. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 398 (4). pp. 1575-1589. ISSN 1618-2650

Abstract
The growing need for analytical devices requiring smaller sample volumes, decreased power consumption and improved performance have been driving forces behind the rapid growth in nanomaterials research. Due to their dimensions, nanostructured materials display unique properties not traditionally observed in bulk materials. Characteristics such as increased surface area along with enhanced electrical/optical properties make them suitable for numerous applications such as nanoelectronics, photovoltaics and chemical/biological sensing. In this review we examine the potential that exists to use nanostructured materials for biosensor devices. By incorporating nanomaterials, it is possible to achieve enhanced sensitivity, improved response time and smaller size. Here we report some of the success that has been achieved in this area. Many nanoparticle and nanofibre geometries are particularly relevant, but in this paper we specifically focus on organic nanostructures, reviewing conducting polymer nanostructures and carbon nanotubes.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:carbon nanotubes; conducting polymers; nanomaterials; biomolecule immobilisation;
Subjects:Engineering > Materials
Biological Sciences > Biosensors
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Biotechnology
Research Initiatives and Centres > Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI)
Research Initiatives and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Publisher:Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-010-4054-4
Copyright Information:Copyright Springer-Verlag 2010
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, European Framework Programme 7
ID Code:15747
Deposited On:22 Oct 2010 10:07 by Emer Lahiff . Last Modified 18 Sep 2018 12:41
Documents

Full text available as:

[thumbnail of Review_ABC-00394-2010_17July.pdf]
Preview
PDF - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
1MB
Downloads

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Archive Staff Only: edit this record