Silver nanocubes make point-of-care diagnostics easier to read
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
Engineers at Duke University have shown that nanosized silver cubes can make diagnostic tests that rely on fluorescence easier to read by making them more than 150 times brighter. Combined with an emerging point-of-care diagnostic platform already shown capable of detecting small traces of viruses and other biomarkers, the approach could allow such tests to become much cheaper and more widespread.