TY - GEN AU - Girolamo,Annalisa De AU - Lippolis,Vincenzo AU - Maragos,Chris AU - Girolamo,Annalisa De AU - Lippolis,Vincenzo AU - Maragos,Chris TI - Spectroscopy-Based Biosensors SN - books978-3-0365-1003-3 PY - 2021/// CY - Basel, Switzerland PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute KW - Research & information: general KW - bicssc KW - brain tumour diagnosis KW - classification KW - forward feature extraction algorithm KW - intraoperative use KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Raman probe KW - SERS on ultrafine solid supports KW - glass coverslips KW - BPE KW - thiol-DNA probe KW - annealed gold nanostructures KW - Brucella abortus KW - Brucella melitensis KW - Brucella suis KW - optical fiber KW - biosensor KW - nucleotide probe KW - light transmission KW - diagnosis KW - silver nanoparticles KW - synthesis KW - coating KW - alloy KW - core@shell KW - LSPR KW - biosensors KW - water pollution KW - environmental water KW - drinking water KW - milk KW - heavy metal ions KW - detection limits KW - optical spectroscopy KW - proteins KW - functional nucleic acids KW - flow-through immunoassay KW - lateral flow immunoassay KW - food allergen KW - multiplex KW - smartphone analysis KW - carbon nanoparticle labeling N1 - Open Access N2 - Biosensors are analytical devices capable of providing quantitative or semi-quantitative information by using a biological recognition element and a transducer. Depending upon the nature of the recognition element, different surface sensitive techniques can be applied to monitor these molecular interactions. In order to increase sensitivities and to lower detection limits down to even individual molecules, nanomaterials are promising candidates. This is possible due to the potential to immobilize more bioreceptor units at reduced volumes and their ability to act as transduction elements by themselves. Among such nanomaterials, gold nanoparticles, quantum dots, polymer nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, nanodiamonds, and graphene are intensively studied. Biosensors provide rapid, real-time, accurate, and reliable information about the analyte under investigation and have been envisioned in a wide range of analytical applications, including medicine, food safety, bioprocessing, environmental/industrial monitoring, and electronics. A variety of biosensors, such as optical, spectroscopic, molecular, thermal, and piezoelectric, have been studied and applied in countless fields. In this book, examples of spectroscopic and optical biosensors and immunoassays are presented. Furthermore, two comprehensive reviews on optical biosensors are included UR - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3977 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76531 ER -