Fiber-optic biosensors - Trends and advances

A review of biosensor technology with a specific focus on fiber-optic biose nsors is provided. With the advent of optical transducer, better electronic s, and improved immobilization methods, fiber-optic biosensors are being in creasingly applied to industrial process and environmental monitoring, food processing, and clinical applications. The vitality of the fiber-optics-ba sed biosensing can be seen from the growing number of publications. In summ ary, fiber-optic biosensors will play a significant role in the development of biosensors because they can be easily miniaturized and integrated for t he determination of different target compounds. Industrial collaboration is needed to speed up progress from the research bench, to the field-study st age, and finally commercialization.