Biosensing with quantum dots: A microfluidic approach

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 9732-9763

  Vannoy, Charles H ^a   Tavares, Anthony J ^a   Omair Noor, M ^a   Uddayasankar, Uvaraj ^a   Krull, Ulrich J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Biosensor; Diagnostics; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Immobilization; Microfluidics; Multiplexing; Nucleic acids; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ANIMAL; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 80055018835     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111009732     Document Type: Review

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