Detection of a micron-sized magnetic particle using insb hall sensor

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4499-4502

  Kazakova, O ^a   Gallop, J C ^a   See, P ^a,b   Cox, D ^a,c   Perkins, G K ^d   Moore, J D ^d   Cohen, L F ^d  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical sensors; Hall effect; Hall sensor; Insb; Magnetic bead detection

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; HALL EFFECT; HALL EFFECT TRANSDUCERS; HOLE MOBILITY; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; SEMICONDUCTING ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; WHITE NOISE;

BIOMEDICAL SENSORS; HALL SENSOR; INHOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD; INSB; MAGNETIC BEAD DETECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSITIVITY; MAGNETO TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SINGLE MAGNETIC PARTICLES;

HALL MOBILITY;

EID: 70350606899     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2025513     Document Type: Article

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