Narrow THz spectral signatures through an RNA solution in nanofluidic channels

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 755-759

  Brown, E R ^a   Mendoza, Edgar A ^b   Xia, Deying ^c   Brueck, S R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Redondo Optics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption signature; Nanofluidic channels; RNA; Terahertz (THz) radiation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SIGNATURE; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; CHANNEL DIMENSION; LIQUID STATE; NANOFLUIDIC CHANNEL; NANOFLUIDIC CHANNELS; PHOTOMIXING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; THZ FREQUENCIES; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

ABSORPTION; RNA; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 77949767062     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2039522     Document Type: Article

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