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. 2020 Mar 24;21(6):2253. doi: 10.3390/ijms21062253

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Plasmonic materials improve the detection of cancer biomarkers through several techniques: (A) Colorimetric assay is performed based on telomerase activity, proportional to the etching of Au nanorods. Adapted with permission from [80]. Copyright Elsevier 2019. (B) miR21 are effectively captured from serum sample of lung cancer patients and detected through TIRF microscopy. Adapted with permission from [90]. Copyright American Chemical Society 2019. (C) Clinical metabolic fingerprint obtained through laser/desorption/ionization mass spectrometry can be achieved taking advance of plasmonic materials. Adapted with permission from [91]. Copyright American Chemical Society 2018.