title: Recent advances in M13 bacteriophage-based optical sensing applications.
abstract: Recently, M13 bacteriophage has started to be widely used as a functional nanomaterial for various electrical, chemical, or optical applications, such as battery components, photovoltaic cells, sensors, and optics. In addition, the use of M13 bacteriophage has expanded into novel research, such as exciton transporting. In these applications, the versatility of M13 phage is a result of its nontoxic, self-assembling, and specific binding properties. For these reasons, M13 phage is the most powerful candidate as a receptor for transducing chemical or optical phenomena of various analytes into electrical or optical signal. In this review, we will overview the recent progress in optical sensing applications of M13 phage. The structural and functional characters of M13 phage will be described and the recent results in optical sensing application using fluorescence, surface plasmon resonance, Förster resonance energy transfer, and surface enhanced Raman scattering will be outlined.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Energy Convergence Technology, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241 Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Inhong
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: BK21 Plus Division of Nano Convergence Technology, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241 Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Energy Convergence Technology, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241 Republic of Korea ; BK21 Plus Division of Nano Convergence Technology, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241 Republic of Korea ; Department of Nanoenergy Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241 Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Oh
keywords: FRET; Immunofluorescence assay; M13 bacteriophage; Phage-based sensor; SERS; SPR