Optical barcodes enable detection and tracking via unique spectral fingerprints. They've been widely applied in areas ranging from multiplexed bioassays and cell tagging to anticounterfeiting and ...

How do you create strong, yet quick-release connections between living and non-living tissues? This is a question that continues to puzzle bioengineers who aim to create materials that bond together ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG3: Good Health & Wellbeing. This special Collection in npj Biosensing shines a spotlight on the forefront of biointerface engineering, ...

(Nanowerk News) Hydrogels are fascinating natural or synthetic polymer materials that exhibit very versatile chemistries and physical or biological properties. They are 3D networks of either ...

A team recently developed bioresponsive dynamic barcodes, introducing the concept of resonance energy transfer at the interface of the microcavity. Optical barcodes enable detection and tracking via ...