@article{GuptaPathakShrivastav2022,
  author    = {Gupta, Banshi D. and Pathak, Anisha and Shrivastav, Anand},
  title     = {Optical Biomedical Diagnostics Using Lab-on-Fiber Technology},
  series = {Photonics : open access journal},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Photonics : open access journal},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2304-6732},
  doi       = {10.3390/photonics9020086},
  pages     = {40},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Point-of-care and in-vivo bio-diagnostic tools are the current need for the present critical scenarios in the healthcare industry. The past few decades have seen a surge in research activities related to solving the challenges associated with precise on-site bio-sensing. Cutting-edge fiber optic technology enables the interaction of light with functionalized fiber surfaces at remote locations to develop a novel, miniaturized and cost-effective lab on fiber technology for bio-sensing applications. The recent remarkable developments in the field of nanotechnology provide innumerable functionalization methodologies to develop selective bio-recognition elements for label free biosensors. These exceptional methods may be easily integrated with fiber surfaces to provide highly selective light-matter interaction depending on various transduction mechanisms. In the present review, an overview of optical fiber-based biosensors has been provided with focus on physical principles used, along with the functionalization protocols for the detection of various biological analytes to diagnose the disease. The design and performance of these biosensors in terms of operating range, selectivity, response time and limit of detection have been discussed. In the concluding remarks, the challenges associated with these biosensors and the improvement required to develop handheld devices to enable direct target detection have been highlighted.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Linker2020,
  author    = {Linker, Torsten},
  title     = {Addition of Heteroatom Radicals to endo-Glycals},
  series = {Chemistry},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {Chemistry},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2624-8549},
  doi       = {10.3390/chemistry2010008},
  pages     = {80 -- 92},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Radical reactions have found many applications in carbohydrate chemistry, especially in the construction of carbon-carbon bonds. The formation of carbon-heteroatom bonds has been less intensively studied. This mini-review will summarize the efforts to add heteroatom radicals to unsaturated carbohydrates like endo-glycals. Starting from early examples, developed more than 50 years ago, the importance of such reactions for carbohydrate chemistry and recent applications will be discussed. After a short introduction, the mini-review is divided in sub-chapters according to the heteroatoms halogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. The mechanisms of radical generation by chemical or photochemical processes and the subsequent reactions of the radicals at the 1-position will be discussed. This mini-review cannot cover all aspects of heteroatom-centered radicals in carbohydrate chemistry, but should provide an overview of the various strategies and future perspectives},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HildebrandLaschewskyZehm2014,
  author    = {Hildebrand, Viet and Laschewsky, Andr{\´e} and Zehm, Daniel},
  title     = {On the hydrophilicity of polyzwitterion poly (N, N-dimethyl-N(3-(methacrylamido)propyl)ammoniopropane sulfonate) in water, deuterated water, and aqueous salt solutions},
  series = {Journal of biomaterials science : Polymer edition},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {Journal of biomaterials science : Polymer edition},
  number    = {14-15},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0920-5063},
  doi       = {10.1080/09205063.2014.939918},
  pages     = {1602 -- 1618},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HerfurthVollBulleretal.2012,
  author    = {Herfurth, Christoph and Voll, Dominik and Buller, Jens and Weiss, Jan and Barner-Kowollik, Christopher and Laschewsky, Andr{\´e}},
  title     = {Radical addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of ferrocenyl (meth)acrylates},
  series = {Journal of polymer science : A, Polymer chemistry},
  volume    = {50},
  journal   = {Journal of polymer science : A, Polymer chemistry},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
  address   = {Malden},
  issn      = {0887-624X},
  doi       = {10.1002/pola.24994},
  pages     = {108 -- 118},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {We report on the controlled free radical homopolymerization of 1-ferrocenylethyl acrylate as well as of three new ferrocene bearing monomers, namely 4-ferrocenylbutyl acrylate, 2-ferrocenylamido-2-methylpropyl acrylate, and 4-ferrocenylbutyl methacrylate, by the RAFT technique. For comparison, the latter monomer was polymerized using ATRP, too. The ferrocene containing monomers were found to be less reactive than their analogues free of ferrocene. The reasons for the low polymerizability are not entirely clear. As the addition of free ferrocene to the reaction mixture did not notably affect the polymerizations, sterical hindrance by the bulky ferrocene moiety fixed on the monomers seems to be the most probable explanation. Molar masses found for 1-ferrocenylethyl acrylate did not exceed 10,000 g mol(-1), while for 4-ferrocenylbutyl (meth) acrylate molar masses of 15,000 g mol(-1) could be obtained. With PDIs as low as 1.3 in RAFT polymerization of the monomers, good control over the polymerization was achieved.},
  language  = {en}
}