Detecting single viruses and nanoparticles using whispering gallery microlasers

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 428-432

  He, Lina ^a   Özdemir, Şahin Kaya ^a   Zhu, Jiangang ^a   Kim, Woosung ^a   Yang, Lan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LINEWIDTH; NANOPARTICLES; OBJECT DETECTION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; VIRUSES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; LABEL-FREE DETECTION; LABEL-FREE DETECTION METHOD; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; INFLUENZA A; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; VIRION; VIRUS DETECTION; WHISPERING GALLERY MICROLASER;

EID: 79960102251     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.99     Document Type: Article

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