What are the reasons for low use of graphene quantum dots in immunosensing of cancer biomarkers?

Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Nasrin Shadjou

Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications 2017 Feb 01

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Graphene quantum dots-based immunosensors have recently gained importance for detecting antigens and biomarkers responsible for cancer diagnosis. This paper reports a literature survey of the applications of graphene quantum dots for sensing cancer biomarkers. The survey sought to explore three questions: (1) Do graphene quantum dots improve immunosensing technology? (2) If so, can graphene quantum dots have a critical, positive impact on construction of immuno-devices? And (3) What is the reason for some troubles in the application of this technology? The number of published papers in the field seems positively answer the first two questions. However additional efforts must be made to move from the bench to the real diagnosis. Some approaches to improve the analytical performance of graphene quantum dots-based immunosensors through their figures of merit have been also discussed. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Nasrin Shadjou. What are the reasons for low use of graphene quantum dots in immunosensing of cancer biomarkers? Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications. 2017 Feb 01;71:1313-1326