Hydrogel-Based Colloidal Photonic Crystal Devices for Glucose Sensing

Wenwei Tang; Cheng Chen

doi:10.3390/polym12030625

Hydrogel-Based Colloidal Photonic Crystal Devices for Glucose Sensing

Polymers (Basel). 2020 Mar 9;12(3):625. doi: 10.3390/polym12030625.

Authors

Wenwei Tang¹, Cheng Chen^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Modern Service Department, College of International Vocational Education, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China.
² School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China.
³ Research Center of Resource Recycling Science and Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China.

Abstract

Diabetes, a common epidemic disease, is increasingly hazardous to human health. Monitoring body glucose concentrations for the prevention and therapy of diabetes has become very important. Hydrogel-based responsive photonic crystal (PC) materials are noninvasive options for glucose detection. This article reviews glucose-sensing materials/devices composed of hydrogels and colloidal photonic crystals (CPCs), including the construction of 2D/3D CPCs and 2D/3D hydrogel-based CPCs (HCPCs). The development and mechanisms of glucose-responsive hydrogels and the achieved technologies of HCPC glucose sensors were also concluded. This review concludes by showing a perspective for the future design of CPC glucose biosensors with functional hydrogels.

Keywords: colloidal crystal; glucose sensor; hydrogel; photonic crystal.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

XXKZD1601, EGD19XQD03/key subject of Shanghai Polytechnic University