Nano-Biosensors Based on Noble Metal and Semiconductor Materials: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects

Abstract

The aim of this review is to gather current researches into sensors based on noble metal and semiconductor nanomaterials in biomedical detection and elucidate the basic principle and applications of different sorts of semiconductor nanomaterials, i.e., metal oxide NPs, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and magnetic metal oxide (MMO) NPs. Based on the classifications of nano-biosensors, they can be summarized as electrochemical nano-biosensors, optical nano-biosensors, calorimetric nano-biosensors, and piezoelectric nano-biosensors, wherein, electrochemical and optical nano-biosensors acting as most popular study objects are focused on to excavate the great improvements in excellent sensitivity, selectivity and stability based on fabrication techniques.