Impedimetric biosensors represent a powerful and promising tool for studying and monitoring biological processes associated with proteins and can contribute to the development of new approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The basic principles, analytical methods, and applications of hybrid impedimetric biosensors for express protein detection in biological fluids are described. The advantages of this type of biosensors, such as simplicity and speed of operation, sensitivity and selectivity of analysis, cost-effectiveness, and an ability to be integrated into hybrid microfluidic systems, are demonstrated. Current challenges and development prospects in this area are analyzed. They include (a) the selection of materials for electrodes and formation of nanostructures on their surface; (b) the development of efficient methods for biorecognition elements’ deposition on the electrodes’ surface, providing the specificity and sensitivity of biosensing; (c) the reducing of nonspecific binding and interference, which could affect specificity; (d) adapting biosensors to real samples and conditions of operation; (e) expanding the range of detected proteins; and, finally, (f) the development of biosensor integration into large microanalytical system technologies. This review could be useful for researchers working in the field of impedimetric biosensors for protein detection, as well as for those interested in the application of this type of biosensor in biomedical diagnostics.
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The optical and electrical properties of light-emitting diode structures with an active layer based on nanocomposite polyvinylcarbazole (PVK) films doped with nanoparticles of another light-emitting polymer, MEH-PPV, have been studied. It has been established that the size of MEH-PPV particles in the PVK matrix is of the order of 100 nm. The spectral range of photoluminescence of such structures can be changed by varying the ratio of PVK to MEH-PPV. The current-voltage characteristics of composite light-emitting diodes based on PVK: MEH-PPV films indicate p-type conductivity. It has been shown that a decrease in the MEH-PPV nanoparticle concentration in the PVK matrix shifts the threshold values of the bias for the onset of electroluminescence toward smaller values and makes the photoluminescence and electroluminescence spectra more similar to the spectrum of the white light-emitting diode. The influence of the form of the polymer and polymer nanoparticles on the mechanisms of injection and transport of charge carriers and the radiative recombination in the studied structures has been discussed.