Nanorobot hardware architecture for medical defense

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2932-2958

  Cavalcanti, Adriano ^a,b   Shirinzadeh, Bijan ^b   Zhang, Mingjun ^c   Kretly, Luiz C ^d  

^a Center for Automation in Nanobiotech Australia   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Architecture; Biohazard defense system; CMOS integrated circuits; Device prototyping; Hardware; Medical nanorobotics; Nanobioelectronics; Nanobiosensor; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE SYSTEM; MEDICAL NANOROBOTICS; NANOBIOELECTRONICS; NANOBIOSENSOR; PROTEOMICS;

ARCHITECTURE; BIOHAZARDS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HARDWARE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOELECTRONICS; NANOROBOTS;

NANOROBOTICS;

EID: 44649110867     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8052932     Document Type: Article

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