Magnetic Lab-on-a-Bead

Our goal is to develop a new homogeneous detection method that marks a paradigm change from the conventional heterogeneous ‘lab-on-a-chip’ concept to a homogeneous ‘lab-on-a-bead’ scenario. Thereby, the nanoparticles (‘beads’) themselves are directly used both as molecular recognition site and as detector unit. As indicator for determining the specific adhesion of target molecules, we choose the relaxation behavior of the nanoparticles, which is measured optically. ** Diese Arbeit wird von der NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB) im Rahmen des Life Science Call kofinanziert. Für den Inhalt dieser Publikation sind die Autoren verantwortlich.