Microcantilever biosensors for chemicals and bioorganisms

Analyst. 2011 Apr 21;136(8):1539-56. doi: 10.1039/c0an01007c. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

Abstract

In the last fifteen years, microcantilevers (MCLs) have been emerging as a sensitive tool for the detection of chemicals and bioorganisms. Because of their small size, lightweight, and high surface-to-volume ratio, MCL-based sensors improve our capability to detect and identify biological agents by orders of magnitude. A biosensor is a device for the detection of an analyte that combines a biological component with a physicochemical detector component. The MCL biosensors have recently been reviewed in several papers. All of these papers were organized based on the sensing biological elements (antibody, enzyme, proteins, etc.) for recognition of analytes. In this review, we intend to summarize the microcantilever biosensors in a format of each specific chemical and bioorganism species to make information on individual biosensors easily accessible. We did this to aid researchers to locate relevant references.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Fungi / isolation & purification
  • Metals, Heavy / chemistry
  • Monosaccharides / chemistry
  • Organic Chemicals / chemistry*
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Viruses / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Metals, Heavy
  • Monosaccharides
  • Organic Chemicals
  • Proteins