Cheapstat: An open-source, "do-it-yourself" potentiostat for analytical and educational applications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Rowe, Aaron A ^a   Bonham, Andrew J ^a   White, Ryan J ^a   Zimmer, Michael P ^b   Yadgar, Ramsin J ^b   Hobza, Tony M ^b   Honea, Jim W ^b   Ben Yaacov, Ilan ^b   Plaxco, Kevin W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; PARACETAMOL; DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DEVICE; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG QUALITY; EDUCATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROCOMPUTER; POTENTIOMETRY; POTENTIOSTAT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNIVERSITY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA; EDUCATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LABORATORIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 80052705319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023783     Document Type: Article

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