Nanoporous anodic alumina barcodes: Toward smart optical biosensors

Abel Boavida dos Santos, Victor S. Balderrama, María Alba, Pilar Formentín, Josep Ferré-Borrull, Josep Pallarès, Lluís F. Marsal

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Abstract

Toward a Smart Optical Biosensor Based on Nanoporous Anodic Alumina (NAA): By modifying the pore geometry in nanoporous anodic alumina we are able to change the effective medium at will and tune the photoluminescence of NAA. The oscillations in the PL spectrum are converted into exclusive barcodes, which are useful for developing optical biomedical sensors in the UV-Visible region.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1050-1054
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume24
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Feb 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • barcodes
  • nanoporous anodic alumina
  • optical biosensor
  • photoluminescence oscillations
  • structural tuning

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