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. 2017 Sep 21;17(10):2161. doi: 10.3390/s17102161

Table 1.

Current generation reports of graphene-based biosensors.

Technique Receptor System Target Biomolecules Limit of Detection References
FRET 1 Boron-doped GQDs 2/ATP 3 Ce3+ ions in MCF-7 4 cells 0.4 mM in 10 ± 5 cell/mL [21]
FRET MWCNTs@GONRs 5 dual tDNAs (P35s 6 and TNOS 7) 0.35 nM for P35 s
0.5 nM for TNOS
[22]
FRET GQD-PEG-aptamer/MoS2 EpCAM 8 450 pM [23]
GFET 9 Graphene/Tris-HCl Pb2+ <37.5 ng/L [49]
GFET Graphene/Anti-CEA 10 CEA protein <100 pg/mL [108]
GFET Graphene/DNA Pb2+ 163.7 ng/L [109]
GFET Graphene DNA 10 pM [50]
GO 11 FET GO/pentacene Artificial DNA 0.1 pM [110]
GpO 12 FET GpO/Cu or AgNPS Glucose 1 μM [111]
RGO 13 FET Urease/PEI 14/RGO Urea 1 μM [112]
RGO FET PtNPS BNP 15 0.1 pM [113]
GSPR 16 Biotin-SA 17/GO DNA - [114]
GLSPR 18 Ni/graphene 3-NT 19 0.13 pg/mL [115]
SPR RGO Rabbit IgG 20 0.3125 μg/L [116]
SPR Au/GO–COOH Anti-BSA 21 0.01 pg/mL [117]
SPR M. lysodeikticus/GO Lysozyme in serum 0.05 μg/mL [118]
SPR GO/(N-) PPLRINRHILTR(-C) 22 HCG 23 0.065 nM [119]
Fiber optic SPR Ag-MoS2-Graphene DNA 1 μM [120]
SPR Graphene–MoS2 ssDNA - [121]
ECHEM 24 AuNPS/GO MCF-7 0.0375 μg/mL [122]
ECHEM NH2-GS/Au@Pt/PDA-N-MWCNT 25 AFP 26 0.1 pg/mL [123]
ECHEM FAO 27/N-doped graphene/AuNPS/FTO HbA1c 28 0.2 μg/mL [124]
ECHEM Pd-Au@carbon dots Colitoxin DNA in human serum 1.82 × 10−17 M [125]
ECHEM Ni-MG-BDD 29 Glucose 0.24 μM [126]
ECHEM AQ-labeled acpcPNA 30 G-PANI HPV-DNA type 16 2.3 nM [127]
ECHEM GO-ssDNA/Au VEGF 32 0.05 ng/mL [128]
PLLA 31/GO-ssDNA/Au PSA 33 1 ng/mL
ECHEM MoS2-Graphene/L-cysteine PTH 34 1 pg/mL [129]
ECHEM MoS2/graphene ctDNA 35 0.0001 pM [130]
ECHEM AuNPS/MoS2/graphene/GCE 36 DNA 0.0022 pM [131]
ECHEM Calix[4]arene phosphoryl/graphene electrode Carbofuran 1 μM [132]
ECHEM Anti human d-dimer antibody/lipid film/graphene nanosheets d-dimer 1 μM [133]
Electron transfer MoS2/GO Glucose in human serum 65 nM [134]

Notes: 1 FRET: fluorescence resonance energy transfer, 2 GQDs: graphene quantum dots, 3 ATP: adenosine triphosphate, 4 MCF-7: Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 (breast cancer cells),5 GONRs: graphene oxide nanoribbons, 6 P35s: promoter cauliflower mosaic virus 35 s, 7 TNOS: terminator nopaline synthase (from transgenic soybean), 8 EpCAM: epithelial cell adhesion molecule, 9 GFET: graphene field effect transistor, 10 CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen, 11 GO: graphene oxide, 12 GpO: graphite oxide, 13 RGO: reduced graphene oxide, 14 PEI: polyethylenimine, 15 BNP: brain natriuretic peptide (heart failure), 16 GSPR: graphene based surface plasmon resonance, 17 Biotin-SA: biotin-streptavidin, 18 GLSPR: graphene localized surface plasmon resonance, 19 3-NT: 3-nitro-l-tyrosine, 20 Rabbit immunoglobulin G, 21 BSA: bovine serum albumin protein, 22 (N-) PPLRINRHILTR(-C): (N-Pro-ProLeu-Arg-Ile-Asn-Arg-His-Ile-Leu-Thr-Arg-C), 23 HCG: human chorionic gonadotropin protein, 24 ECHEM: electrochemistry, 25 PDA-N-MWCNT: poly-dopamine functionalized N-doped multi-walled carbon nanotube, 26 AFP: Alpha fetoprotein, 27 FAO: fructosyl amino-acid oxidase, 28 HbA1c: Glycatedhemoglobin, 29 Ni-MG-BDD: nickel-microcrystalline graphite-boron doped diamond, 30 acpcPNA: anthraquinone-labeled pyrrolidinyl peptide nucleic acid, 31 VEGF : vascular endothelial growth factor, 32 PLLA: poly-L-lactide, 33 PSA: prostate-specific antigen, 34 PTH: parathyroid hormone, 35 ctDNA: circulating tumor DNA, 36 GCE: carbon glassy electrode.