Aptamer-functionalized nano-biosensors

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 10356-10388

  Chiu, Tai Chia ^a   Huang, Chih Ching ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAITUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aptamers; Biosensors; Cells; Metal ions; Nanomaterials; Proteins

Indexed keywords

APTAMERS; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; MAGNETIC NANO-PARTICLES; MULTIVALENT INTERACTIONS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SHAPE-DEPENDENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS); SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO;

CELLS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METAL IONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEINS; SURFACE SCATTERING;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 77950263363     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91210356     Document Type: Review

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