Photothermal spectroscopy of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus with microcantilevers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 206-211

  Wig, A ^a,b   Arakawa, E T ^a,c,d,e   Passian, A ^a   Ferrell, T L ^a,c,d   Thundat, T ^a,c,d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcantilever; Photothermal; Sensor

Indexed keywords

MICROCANTILEVER; PHOTOTHERMAL; PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY;

DATA REDUCTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA;

EID: 33244456575     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.04.029     Document Type: Article

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