Highly encoded one-dimensional nanostructures for rapid sensing

Abstract

Recent advances in nanomaterials have paved the way to design innovative platforms for creating nano-barcodes for a broad range of potential applications. This feature article reviews various strategies for a dispersible array of encoded one-dimensional (1D) nano/microstructures which allow highly multiplexed analysis. 1D nano-barcodes susceptible to encoding with a number of distinct patterns are exceedingly promising for the development of much improved array systems in fields such as pharmaceutical research, disease diagnostics, and gene profiling.