Gili Bisker

Zuckerman Faculty Scholar Gili Bisker, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tel Aviv University’s Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, and Head of the Marian Gertner Institute for Medical Nanosystems, co-authored Near-Infrared Fluorescent Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Biosensing, published in the journal Small.  The article includes a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in biosensing using near-infrared fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes and strategies to engineer robust biosensors, and highlights opportunities for real-time, minimally invasive sensing.

Abstract:
Near-infrared fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) stand out as versatile biosensors due to their spectral overlap with the biological transparency window, surface-sensitive fluorescence emission, and chemical modularity. This review offers a concise guide to understanding the photophysics of SWCNTs, various functionalization strategies, and sensor design principles, thereby empowering researchers to optimize probe selection and engineer tailored sensing platforms for a variety of biological targets.