Recent advances in highly sensitive and specific functional nucleic acid sensors for environmental pollutant detection: from mechanism to application

Xue Yang, Huibin Wu, Zhi Zeng, Wen-na Chen, Guang-Xiang Luan, Qiu-long Zhang and Jian-min Chen

Analyst, 2026, 151, 697
DOI: 10.1039/D5AN01139F

CRISPR-enabled sensors for rapid monitoring of environmental contaminants

Yiting Wang, Yuwei Pan, Wenchao Han, Carla Spatola Rossi, Qingxin Hui, Ying Guo, Mojisola Christiana Owoseni, Ewan McAdam, Yang-Chun Yong, Baojun Wang and Zhugen Yang

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2025, 184, 118128
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2024.118128

Advances in acetylcholinesterase-based biosensing technologies for organophosphorus pesticide detection: A comprehensive review (2020–2024)

Qian Zhang, Jing Yu, Yanping Wei, Rong Yang, Jin Liu, Yangyang Su, Die Gao and Jing Zeng

Food Chemistry, 2025, 496, 146769
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146769

MBene Nanosheets with DNA Adsorbability for Circulating Tumor DNA Assay via Fluorescence Biosensing and Paper‐Based Microfluidic POCT

Siyi Yang, Jiajia Zhu, Liangyi Zhao, Liyu Yang, Huanbao Fa, Yongzhong Wang, Danqun Huo, Changjun Hou, Daidi Zhong and Mei Yang

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202415074

Process “slimming” sword for universal organophosphorus pesticide detection: Development and validation of a single-probe-Cas12a integrated strategy

Xu Liu, Di Yang and Bingqian Liu

Talanta, 2026, 301, 129296
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2025.129296

Nanomaterial-enabled CRISPR-Cas biosensing for non-nucleic acid targets: Strategies, mechanisms, and applications

Limei Li, Rui Ju, Yuqi Yan, Yanze Lou, Hongzhu Chen, Qiuyue Wen, Mingzhe Wang, Rong Lei, Jian Liu and Xinyi Wang

Talanta, 2026, 307, 129831
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2026.129831

Crystal Phase-Driven MnO2-DNA as Editable Artificial Messengers Enabling a Bioinspired Array for High-Resolution Biosensing

Shuo Wang, Yi Liu, Wanjun Long, Gaoqiong Deng, Zhongyu Wei, Chuanjie Tang, Yuxiu Xiao, Haiyan Fu and Yuanbin She

ACS Nano, 2026, 20, 15752
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6c05870

Recent Advances in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR-Associated Proteins System-Based Biosensors

Xianglin Xin, Jing Su, Haoran Cui, Lihua Wang and Shiping Song

Biosensors, 2025, 15, 155
DOI: 10.3390/bios15030155

Evolving CRISPR/Cas system for food safety monitoring across the food supply chain

Jingqi Shen, Di Zhang, Yanyan He, Yafang Shen, Miaolin Duan, Yan Zhao, Zunying Liu and Fei Jia

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024, 181, 118050
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2024.118050

Creating a novel halotolerant whole-cell biosensor for efficient degradation and precise quantification of p-nitrophenol-substituted organophosphate pesticides in hypersaline ecosystems

Yujie Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Haomin Chen, Ziling Yuan, Xiujuan Tian, Nan Xu, Ruihua Liu and Chao Yang

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2026, 294, 118240
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2025.118240