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    Electroanalytical overview: utilising micro- and nano-dimensional sized materials in electrochemical-based biosensing platforms

    Crapnell, Robert D ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8701-3933 and Banks, Craig E ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0756-9764 (2021) Electroanalytical overview: utilising micro- and nano-dimensional sized materials in electrochemical-based biosensing platforms. Mikrochimica Acta, 188 (8). p. 268. ISSN 0026-3672

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    Abstract

    Research into electrochemical biosensors represents a significant portion of the large interdisciplinary field of biosensing. The drive to develop reliable, sensitive, and selective biosensing platforms for key environmental and medical biomarkers is ever expanding due to the current climate. This push for the detection of vital biomarkers at lower concentrations, with increased reliability, has necessitated the utilisation of micro- and nano-dimensional materials. There is a wide variety of nanomaterials available for exploration, all having unique sets of properties that help to enhance the performance of biosensors. In recent years, a large portion of research has focussed on combining these different materials to utilise the different properties in one sensor platform. This research has allowed biosensors to reach new levels of sensitivity, but we note that there is room for improvement in the reporting of this field. Numerous examples are published that report improvements in the biosensor performance through the mixing of multiple materials, but there is little discussion presented on why each nanomaterial is chosen and whether they synergise well together to warrant the inherent increase in production time and cost. Research into micro-nano materials is vital for the continued development of improved biosensing platforms, and further exploration into understanding their individual and synergistic properties will continue to push the area forward. It will continue to provide solutions for the global sensing requirements through the development of novel materials with beneficial properties, improved incorporation strategies for the materials, the combination of synergetic materials, and the reduction in cost of production of these nanomaterials.

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