Optofluidic photonic crystals for biomolecular fluorescence enhancement: A bottom-up approach for fabricating GaN-based biosensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7056, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tompkins, R P ^a   Dawson, J M ^a,b   Hornak, L A ^b   Myers, T H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; GaN; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; ASPECT RATIO; BIOSENSORS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ETCHING; FLUORESCENCE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOFLUIDICS; PHOTONICS; PHOTORESISTS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

ANISOTROPIC NANOSTRUCTURES; BIOMOLECULAR; BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS; BOTTOM-UP; DEFECT CAVITIES; FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENTS; GAN; HIGH ASPECT RATIOS; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; INVERSION LAYERS; MG DOPED; MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXIES; NANOFLUIDIC FLOWS; PERIODICALLY POLED; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; POLAR REGIONS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SELECTIVE SENSORS; SENSOR ARCHITECTURES; SURFACE POLARITIES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 55549109419     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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