Nanoparticle labels in immunosensing using optical detection methods

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2454-2469

  Seydack, Matthias ^a  

^a 8sensbiognostic AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; ImmunoSuperNova ; Luminescence; Nanoparticles; Nanophotonics; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; IMMUNOSENSORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTIPLEXING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PRECIOUS METALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

IMMUNOASSAYS; IMMUNOSENSING; LIPOSOMES; OPTICAL DETECTION METHODS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON; COLLOIDAL GOLD; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LANTHANIDE; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN BINDING; BINDING AFFINITY; BLEACHING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOSENSOR; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUMINESCENCE; POLARIMETRY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 18144421518     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2004.11.003     Document Type: Review

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