Lateral Flow Assays
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B4: Point-of-Care Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 2047
Special Issue Editor
Interests: gold nanoparticles; plasmon resonance; composite nanoparticles; functionalization of nanoparticles; conjugates; lateral flow immunoassay; gold–silver nanocages; Raman spectroscopy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) is a promising method of analysis in our changing world. Recently, LFIA has played a role in the development of methods for the rapid detection of certain substances in point of care. LFIA is based on a specific antigen–antibody interaction. The test strip is placed in the analyzed liquid and by the appearance of staining at the place of labeling, the presence or absence of the desired substance in the analyzed liquid is checked. Due to its simplicity and speed of achievement of the result, LFIA has taken its place among reliable analytical methods. Due to its versatility, immunochromatographic analysis is used to identify pathogens and related antibodies, pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics in food, and much more. However, despite the more than sixty-year history of the existence of immunochromatographic analysis, many aspects of its work remain unclear, which gives scope for fundamental and applied research in this area. In this Special Issue, we plan to collect articles on the development and application of immunochromatographic analysis for developments at the forefront of modern science.
Dr. Elizaveta Panfilova
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lateral flow immunoassay
- rapid detection
- gold nanoparticles conjugation
- point-of-care testing
- immunochromatographic test
