title: Nanoporous anodic alumina barcodes: toward smart optical biosensors.
abstract: Toward a smart optical biosensor based on nanoporous anodic alumina (NAA): by modifying the pore geometry in nanoporous anodic alumina we are able to change the effective medium at will and tune the photoluminescence of NAA. The oscillations in the PL spectrum are converted into exclusive barcodes, which are useful for developing optical biomedical sensors in the UV-Visible region.
authors.affiliation: Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avda. Països Catalans 26, Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Abel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Victor S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Balderrama
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alba
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Formentín
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferré-Borrull
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pallarès
authors.forename: Lluís F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Marsal
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D058608:Nanopores; D055620:Optical Phenomena
chemical_list: D000537:Aluminum Oxide