Photonic crystals provide unique mechanisms to enhance light-matter interactions and have been widely adopted in optical biosensing. However, traditional photonic crystal biosensors still face significant challenges in cost, repeatability, and accuracy in quantification. Diatoms are unicellular algae in nature which have photonic crystal nanostructures with unique optical properties. In addition, they provide ultra-hydrophilic surface, excellent adsorption capabilities, microfluidic effect, and thin layer chromatography. This talk will provide an overview of our recent research progress in materials synthesis, various applications, and fusion with machine learning for better performance.
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