Programming the detection limits of biosensors through controlled nanostructuring

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 844-848

  Soleymani, Leyla ^a   Fang, Zhichao ^b   Sargent, Edward H ^a   Kelley, Shana O ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MICROELECTRODES; MOLECULES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TEXTURES;

ARRAYS OF MICROELECTRODES; BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; MATERIALS CHEMISTRY; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; NUCLEIC ACID SENSORS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSTICS;

BIOSENSORS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID IMMOBILIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 72549094483     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.276     Document Type: Article

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