A suspended membrane nanocalorimeter for ultralow volume bioanalysis

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-36

  Johannessen, Erik A ^a,b   Weaver, John M R ^b   Cobbold, Peter H ^a   Cooper, Jon M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical calibration; Finite element modeling; Nanocalorimeter; Suspended membrane; Thermopile; Ultralow volume

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSENSORS; CALORIMETERS; ETCHING; GOLD; MICROMACHINING; NICKEL; SILICON; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICAL CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; NANOCALORIMETERS; SUSPENDED MEMBRANES; THERMOELECTRIC SENSORS; THERMOPILE; ULTRALOW VOLUME;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CALORIMETRY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33744758265     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2002.806935     Document Type: Article

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