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Wang, Haonan, Xu, Tianhua, Fu, Yaoxin, Wang, Ziyihui, Leeson, Mark S., Jiang, Junfeng and Liu, Tiegen (2022) Liquid crystal biosensors : principles, structure and applications. Biosensors, 12 (8). 639. doi:10.3390/bios12080639 ISSN 2079-6374.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12080639
Abstract
Liquid crystals (LCs) have been widely used as sensitive elements to construct LC biosensors based on the principle that specific bonding events between biomolecules can affect the orientation of LC molecules. On the basis of the sensing interface of LC molecules, LC biosensors can be classified into three types: LC–solid interface sensing platforms, LC–aqueous interface sensing platforms, and LC–droplet interface sensing platforms. In addition, as a signal amplification method, the combination of LCs and whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical microcavities can provide higher detection sensitivity due to the extremely high quality factor and the small mode volume of the WGM optical microcavity, which enhances the interaction between the light field and biotargets. In this review, we present an overview of the basic principles, the structure, and the applications of LC biosensors. We discuss the important properties of LC and the principle of LC biosensors. The different geometries of LCs in the biosensing systems as well as their applications in the biological detection are then described. The fabrication and the application of the LC-based WGM microcavity optofluidic sensor in the biological detection are also introduced. Finally, challenges and potential research opportunities in the development of LC-based biosensors are discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Liquid crystals, Biosensors, Microfluidics, Optoelectronic devices -- Research | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Biosensors | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | M D P I AG | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2079-6374 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | 14 August 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 12 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 8 | ||||||||||||
Article Number: | 639 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/bios12080639 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 August 2022 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 15 August 2022 | ||||||||||||
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