Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for in vitro diagnostic testing at the point of care Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • AbstractPoint-of-care (POC) device development is a growing field that aims to develop low-cost, rapid, sensitivein-vitrodiagnostic testing platforms that are portable, self-contained, and can be used anywhere from modern clinics to remote and low resource areas. In this review, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is discussed as a solution to facilitating the translation of bioanalytical sensing to the POC. The potential for SERS to meet the widely accepted ASSURED (Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid, Equipment-free, and Deliverable) criterion provided by the World Health Organization is discussed based on recent advances in SERSin vitroassay development. As SERS provides attractive characteristics for multiplexed sensing at low concentration limits with a high degree of specificity, it holds great promise for enhancing current efforts in rapid diagnostic testing. In outlining the progression of SERS techniques over the past years combined with recent developments in smart nanomaterials, high-throughput microfluidics, and low-cost paper diagnostics, an extensive number of new possibilities show potential for translating SERS biosensors to the POC.

published proceedings

  • Nanophotonics

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Marks, H., Schechinger, M., Garza, J., Locke, A., & Cot, G.

citation count

  • 56

complete list of authors

  • Marks, Haley||Schechinger, Monika||Garza, Javier||Locke, Andrea||Coté, Gerard

publication date

  • January 2017