Gold nanorod embedded novel 3D graphene nanocomposite for selective bio-capture in rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Perumal, V., Saheed, M.S.M., Mohamed, N.M., Murthe, S.S., Gopinath, S.C.B., Chiu, J.-M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2018
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048483510&doi=10.1016%2fj.bios.2018.05.042&partnerID=40&md5=5b7def20a74217dd1f3b99af5ad8ff32; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/20760/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic and infectious airborne disease which requires a diagnosing system with high sensitivity and specificity. However, the traditional gold standard method for TB detection remains unreliable with low specificity and sensitivity. Nanostructured composite materials coupled...