Microcantilever sensors in biological and chemical detections

Sensors and Transducers

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Zhu, Qing ^a  

^a FUJIFILM Dimatix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological and chemical detection; Detection sensitivity; Microcantilever sensors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DETECTION; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; DIRECT DETECTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LABEL FREE; LOW COSTS; MICRO CANTILEVER SENSORS; MICRO-CANTILEVERS; QUICK RESPONSE; SENSING MECHANISM; SENSING TECHNIQUES; SMALL SIZE; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

EID: 79955000771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17265479     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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