Liquid crystal immunosensors for the selective detection of <italic toggle="yes">Escherichia coli</i> with a fast analysis tool

Sandro C. Oliveira; Maria S. Soares; Bárbara V. Gonçalves; Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares; Rita G. Sobral; Nuno F. Santos; Jan Nedoma; Pedro L. Almeida; Carlos Marques

doi:10.1364/PRJ.524660

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 7, 1564(2024)

Liquid crystal immunosensors for the selective detection of Escherichia coli with a fast analysis tool

Sandro C. Oliveira^1,2, Maria S. Soares^1,2, Bárbara V. Gonçalves³, Andreia C. M. Rodrigues⁴, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares⁴, Rita G. Sobral³, Nuno F. Santos², Jan Nedoma⁵, Pedro L. Almeida^6,7、†, and Carlos Marques^1,8、†,*

Author Affiliations

¹CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, Physics Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

²i3N, Physics Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

³Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 1099-085 Lisbon, Portugal

⁴CESAM—Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

⁵Department of Telecommunications, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava 70800, Czech Republic

⁶i3N—CENIMAT, School of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, 1099-085 Lisbon, Portugal

⁷UnIRE, ISEL, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, 1549-020 Lisbon, Portugal

⁸Department of Physics, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava 70800, Czech Republic

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