Weighing of biomolecules, single cells and single nanoparticles in fluid

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7139, 2007, Pages 1066-1069

  Burg, Thomas P ^a   Godin, Michel ^a   Knudsen, Scott M ^a   Shen, Wenjiang ^b   Carlson, Greg ^b   Foster, John S ^b   Babcock, Ken ^b,c   Manalis, Scott R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Innovative Micro Technology   (United States)

^c Affinity Biosensors   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

DETECTION METHOD; MASS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSOR; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL VOLUME; COLLOID; CRYSTAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIQUID; MASS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VACUUM; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34247612361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05741     Document Type: Article

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