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Disease Diagnostics: Lipidic Cubic Phases as a Versatile Platform for the Rapid Detection of Biomarkers, Viruses, Bacteria, and Parasites (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2/2016)
Author(s) -
Vallooran Jijo J.,
Handschin Stephan,
Pillai Samyuktha M.,
Vetter Beatrice N.,
Rusch Sebastian,
Beck HansPeter,
Mezzenga Raffaele
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201670010
Subject(s) - materials science , analyte , birefringence , outbreak , bacteria , nanotechnology , phase (matter) , virology , computational biology , biology , chromatography , optics , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , genetics
With worldwide epidemic outbreaks occurring on a regular basis, there is urgent need to improve and establish new strategies toward rapid, simple, and affordable detection of target analytes. Birefringence generated from versatile lipid based liquid crystal cubic phase leads to a unique optical signal that can be used to detect analytes of medical interest, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites, as shown by R. Mezzenga and co‐workers on page 181.