Review article
Lab-on-a-Tip (LOT): Where Nanotechnology can Revolutionize Fibre Optics
Qimin Quan
; Rowland Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Yiying Zhang
; Geriatric Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
Abstract
Recently developed lab-on-a-chip technologies integrate multiple traditional assays on a single chip with higher sensitivity, faster assay time, and more streamlined sample operation. We discuss the prospects of the lab-on-a-tip platform, where assays can be integrated on a miniaturized tip for in situ and in vivo analysis. It will resolve some of the limitations of available lab-on-a-chip platforms and enable next generation multifunctional in vivo sensors, as well as analytical techniques at the single cell or even sub-cellular levels.
Keywords
Lab-on-a-tip (LOT); Nanotechnology; Biosensor; Endoscopy; Single cell analysis
Hrčak ID:
157649
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2015.
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