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Applications of Gold Nanoparticles in the Detection and Identification of Infectious Diseases and Biothreats
Author(s) -
Lin Meihua,
Pei Hao,
Yang Fan,
Fan Chunhai,
Zuo Xiaolei
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201301333
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , biosensor , colloidal gold , materials science , nanoparticle , identification (biology) , biochemical engineering , biology , engineering , ecology
The situation of infectious diseases and biothreats all over the world remains serious. The effective identification of such diseases plays a very important role. In recent years, gold nanoparticles have been widely used in biosensor design to improve the performance for the detection of infectious diseases and biothreats. Here, recent advances of gold‐nanoparticle‐based biosensors in this field are summarized.