Femtomolar sensitivity using a channel-etched thin film waveguide fluoroimmunosensor

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 149-160

  Plowman, T E ^a   Reichert, W M ^a   Peters, C R ^b   Wang, H K ^c   Christensen, D A ^c   Herron, J N ^c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b MCNC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Evanescent excitation; Fluorescence; Immunosensing; Integrated optics; Thin film waveguide

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMPOSITION; FLUORESCENCE; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LOSSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

EVANESCENT EXCITATION; FEMTOMOLAR ANALYTE CONCENTRATIONS; FEMTOMOLAR SENSITIVITY; IMMOBILIZED PROTEIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOSENSING; LIGAND BINDING; THIN FILM WAVEGUIDES;

IMMUNOSENSORS;

PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICS;

EID: 0030054157     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-5663(96)83722-5     Document Type: Article

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