Label-free THz sensing of genetic sequences: Towards 'THz biochips'

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1815, 2004, Pages 323-335

  Haring Bolívar, Peter ^a   Nagel, Michael ^a   Richter, Frank ^a   Brucherseifer, Martin ^a   Kurz, Heinrich ^a   Bosserhoff, Anja ^b   Büttner, Reinhard ^c   Faist, J ^d   Mittleman, D M ^e   Parini, C ^f   Beere, H ^g   Roskos, H ^h  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e Rice University   (United States)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomolecular sensing; DNA; Polynucleotides; THz biochips

Indexed keywords

EID: 10744228549     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1318     Document Type: Review

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