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. 2022 Sep 6;122(18):14881–14910. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c01012

Table 2. Comparison of the Sensitivity Enhancement Strategies Reported for LFA.

strategy method/material detection of enhancement comp. to ref
flow rate decrease hydrophobic PCL nanofibers synthetic Zika virus 10-fold conv. LFA (65)
flow rate decrease cellulose nanofiber aerogel mouse IgG 1000-fold conv. LFA (66)
flow rate decrease and reagents concentration reduce detection area from 5 mm to 1 mm C-reactive protein 30-fold conv. LFA (67)
flow rate decrease and pseudoturbulence generation wax pillars HIgG 3-fold conv. LFA (69)
internal incubation on TL dissolvable wax barrier HIgG 51.7-fold conv. LFA (70)
flow control centrifugal forces PSA 6.2-fold conv. LFA (72)
sample preconcentration magnetic focusing valosin-containing protein 4000-fold no preconc. (73)
sample preconcentration magnetic focusing influenza A (H1N1) antigen 26-fold no magnetic focusing (74)
sample preconcentration filtration E. coli 10-fold no filtration (10)
sample preconcentration Nafion-based ICP β-hCG 3.9-fold no preconc. (75)
increase antibodies concentration fixing conj. AuNPs in TL C. sakazakii 100-fold conv. LFA (76)
increase signal contrast carbon nanoparticles E. Coli 3.8-fold conv. LFA (77)
increase signal contrast MWCNTs Meth. 10-fold AuNPs-LFA (78)
fluorescence signal transduction and sample pre-concentration magnetic CdSe/ZnS QDs nanobeads Influenza A LoD of 22 pfu mL−1 no comparison (81)
ratiometry with target-dependent and independent reporters red CdSe/ZnS QDs and blue polystyrene nanobeads H-IgG 78-fold AuNPs-LFA (82)
fluorescence signal transduction and increased signal-to-noise ratio fluorescent nanodiamonds biotin 105-fold AuNPs-LFA (84)
signal amplification silver staining of AuNPs Troponin I 10-fold AuNPs-LFA (88)
signal amplification AuNPs coated with HRP HIgG 10-fold AuNPs-LFA (89)
signal amplification AuNPs coated with ALP potato virus X 10-fold AuNPs-LFA (90)
signal amplification AuNPs coated with ultrathin Pt skins PSA 100-fold AuNPs-LFA (91)
signal amplification porous platinum core−shell nanocatalysts (PtNCs) P24 100-fold no catalysis (92)
alternative signal transduction thermal contrast amplification influenza, malaria, and C. difficile 8-fold AuNPs-LFA (57)
alternative signal transduction thermal contrast amplification P24 protein LoD of 8 pg mL−1 no comparison (97)
alternative signal transduction thermal contrast amplification HCG 12-fold AuNPs-LFA (58)
alternative signal transduction photoacoustic imaging cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) from Cryptococcus 100-fold AuNPs-LFA (98)
alternative signal transduction and sample preconcentration surface enhanced Raman scattering and magnetic focusing H1N1 and HAdV viruses 2000-fold AuNPs-LFA (103)
alternative signal transduction and flow modulation surface enhanced Raman scattering and sequential flow of Raman reporters thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) LoD of 0.15 μIU/mL no comparison (104)
alternative signal transduction and bioreceptors surface enhanced Raman scattering and bacteriophages as bioreceptors S. Enteritidis no enhancement SERS-LFA based on antibodies (105)