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A schematic of a biosensor platform resembling a spider web. Credit: Image courtesy of DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)

DGIST team has developed a biosensor platform which has 20 times faster detection capability than the existing biosensors using magnetic patterns resembling a spider web.The sensing capability of a biosensor is determined by the resolution of the sensor and the movement and reaction rate of molecules. Many research groups in Korea and other countries have been improving the resolution through the development of nanomaterials but there has been a limitation to improve the sensors’ sensitivity due to the low diffusion transport of biomolcules toward the sensing region.

Professor Kim and his team used a magnetic field in order to overcome the drawb...