Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

The electrophotonic silicon biosensor

  • José Juan-Colás,
  • Alison Parkin,
  • Katherine E. Dunn,
  • Mark G. Scullion,
  • Thomas F. Krauss,
  • Steven D. Johnson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12769
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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A label-free and low-cost sensor capable of detecting several biomarkers in parallel is a sought-after medical tool. Here, the authors describe an approach exploiting both photonic and electrochemical properties of silicon to build a multi-domain biosensor for label-free and multiplexed detection.