Biosensors and nanomaterials and their application for mycotoxin determination

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-374

  Tothill, I E ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biosensors; micro and nanoarrays; molecular receptors; nanomaterials; nanotechnology; transducers

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN M1; FUMONISIN B1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOTOXIN; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; OCHRATOXIN; VOMITOXIN;

AMPEROMETRY; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; COLORIMETRY; CONDUCTOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSENSOR; INTERFEROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOARRAY; NANOSENSOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POTENTIOMETRY; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMISTOR; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 80455178712     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2011.1318     Document Type: Article

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