Enhancing plasmonic biosensors with nanotechnology

The aim of the paper and the accompanying presentation is to give an introduction into biosensor technology, point out the current challenges and trends in their research and development and discuss through examples the possibility to apply nanotechnology to overcome these challenges. The paper reviews the utilization of nanomaterials to enhance the capabilities of optical (nanoplasmonic) sensors and collects the most widespread fabrication technologies of such nanomaterials. The possibility and challenges to integrate these sensors in to handheld point-of-care devices will also be discussed. The accompanying presentation is part of the Eurotraining course “Nanotechnology for electronics”, held in the framework of the ISSE 2015 conference.