Terahertz dielectric sensitivity to biomolecular structure and function

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-190

  Markelz, Andrea G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; Biosensing; Conformational dynamics; DNA; Far infrared; Proteins; T ray; Terahertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DNA; HYDRATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEINS;

BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS; TERAHERTZ (THZ);

BIOMOLECULES;

EID: 39449114471     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.913424     Document Type: Review

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