Colloidal quantum dots initiating current bursts in lipid bilayers

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 20, Issue 10 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2173-2176

  Ramachandran, Sujatha ^a   Merrill, Nathaniel E ^a   Blick, Robert H ^a   Van Der Weide, Daniel W ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion channels; Lab on chip device; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TORQUE;

BILAYER MEMBRANES; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; DIPOLE MOMENTS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

LIPIDS;

ALAMETHICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; PEPTAIBOL; QUANTUM DOT; TRICHORZIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLLOID; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; TORQUE;

EID: 14644416515     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2004.08.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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