A novel label-free optical biosensor using synthetic oligonucleotides from E. coli O157:H7: Elementary sensitivity tests

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 4890-4900

  Bahşi, Zehra Banu ^a   Büyükaksoy, Aligül ^a   Ölmezcan, Sinan Mert ^a   Şimşek, Fethi ^b   Aslan, Muhammed Hasan ^a   Oral, Ahmet Yavuz ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nanotechnology Laboratory   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Optical DNA biosensor; Prism coupler; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

DNA BIOSENSORS; HYBRIDIZATION PROCESS; LABEL-FREE OPTICAL BIOSENSORS; PRISM COUPLER; REFRACTIVE INDEX INCREASE; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOL-GEL DIP COATING TECHNIQUE; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BIOSENSORS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PRISMS; SOL-GELS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 77952416011     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90604890     Document Type: Article

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