Low-concentration mechanical biosensor based on a photonic crystal nanowire array

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Yuerui ^a   Peng, Songming ^b   Luo, Dan ^b   Lal, Amit ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE; SILICON DIOXIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOCHIP; BIOSENSOR; CRYSTAL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA PROBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; DNA PROBES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84455171655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1587     Document Type: Article

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