Optical resonance-based biosensors designed for medical applications

(Elhuyar Fundazioa) A telecommunications engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre, has designed in his Ph.D. thesis optical resonance-based biosensors for use in medical applications like, for example, the detecting of celiac disease. Besides achieving greater resolution and sensitivity, the materials used in these devices are much cheaper and more versatile than the ones used in current technologies (mainly gold and noble metals) so they could offer a potential alternative in the design of biomedical sensors.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news