Issue 23, 2023

Nanomaterial-based biosensors for the detection of foodborne bacteria: a review

Abstract

Ensuring food safety is a critical concern for the development and well-being of humanity, as foodborne illnesses caused by foodborne bacteria have increasingly become a major public health concern worldwide. Traditional food safety monitoring systems are expensive and time-consuming, relying heavily on specialized equipment and operations. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop low-cost, user-friendly and highly sensitive biosensors for detecting foodborne bacteria. In recent years, the combination of nanomaterials with optical biosensors has provided a prospective future platform for the detection of foodborne bacteria. By harnessing the unique properties of nanomaterials, such as their high surface area-to-volume ratio and exceptional sensitivity, in tandem with the precision of optical biosensing techniques, a new prospect has opened up for the rapid and accurate identification of potential bacterial contaminants in food. This review focuses on recent advances and new trends of nanomaterial-based biosensors for the detection of foodborne pathogens, which mainly include noble metal nanoparticles (NMPs), metal organic frameworks (MOFs), graphene nanomaterials, quantum dot (QD) nanomaterials, upconversion fluorescent nanomaterials (UCNPs) and carbon dots (CDs). Additionally, we summarized the research progress of color indicators, nanozymes, natural enzyme vectors and fluorescent dye biosensors, focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of nanomaterial-based biosensors and their development prospects. This review provides an outlook on future technological directions and potential applications to help identify the most promising areas of development in this field.

Graphical abstract: Nanomaterial-based biosensors for the detection of foodborne bacteria: a review

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
11 sep 2023
Accepted
03 okt 2023
First published
04 okt 2023

Analyst, 2023,148, 5790-5804

Nanomaterial-based biosensors for the detection of foodborne bacteria: a review

L. Zheng, W. Jin, K. Xiong, H. Zhen, M. Li and Y. Hu, Analyst, 2023, 148, 5790 DOI: 10.1039/D3AN01554H

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