Microfluidic devices for terahertz spectroscopy of biomolecules

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1577-1582

  George, Paul A ^a   Hui, Wallace ^a   Rana, Farhan ^a   Hawkins, Benjamin G ^a   Smith, A Ezekiel ^a   Kirby, Brian J ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; DISPERSIONS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; PLASTIC MATERIALS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROFLUIDICS;

BIOPOLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPOLYMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROWAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 39049163759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001577     Document Type: Article

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