Diagnostic biosensors are on the rise in the global market due to the increasing prevalence of diseases. Specifically, the point-of-care segment has made great strides due to the improvement of biosensors' user-friendliness, simplicity, and clinical capabilities in the comfort of one's home. Although there are conventional diagnostic techniques, they are mutually time-consuming, costly, and labor-intensive. Not to mention, they are primarily dependent on bench-top or large immovable equipment. The widespread availability of smartphones has potentiated optical biosensors towards delivery of rapid and point-of-care diagnostic biosensors. Due to the affordability and user-friendliness of smartphones, smartphone-based biosensors may become ubiquitously available. Additionally, microfluidic platforms possess small footprints and portability towards development of true point-of-care and real-time diagnostic biosensors.
In this dissertation, development of multiple diagnostic biosensors on microfluidic platforms is discussed. Diagnostic biosensors equipped with a smartphone-based optical detection show great promise of bringing clinical and bench-top laboratory capabilities for the convenience of the user, with reduced time, costs, and labor requirements. The widespread availability of point-of-care and real-time diagnostic biosensors may show promise in securing global health.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/625604 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Cho, Soohee, Cho, Soohee |
| Contributors | Yoon, Jeong-Yeol, Yoon, Jeong-Yeol, Slack, Donald, Uhlmann, Donald, An, Lingling |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Electronic Dissertation |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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