Importance of nanosensors: Feynman's vision and the birth of nanotechnology

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 718-724

  Devreese, Jozef T ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Research Group Theoretische Fysica Van de Vaste Stoffen   (Belgium)

^c APS   (Belgium)

^d SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e EPS   (Belgium)

^f Intl Academy of Creative Endeavors   (Russian Federation)

^g Europaische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Kunste   (Austria)

^h INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

INTEGRATED NANOSENSORS; MOLECULAR-LEVEL DIAGNOSTIC; TREATMENT INSTRUMENTS;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 34948824852     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs2007.147     Document Type: Article

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