Thin hydrogel films for optical biosensor applications

Membranes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-69

  Mateescu, Anca ^a   Wang, Yi ^b   Dostalek, Jakub ^b   Jonas, Ulrich ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affinity sensing; Optical biosensors; Optical waveguide mode spectroscopy; Responsive hydrogels; Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy; Surface attached hydrogel films

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSORS; HYDROGELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SWELLING; WAVEGUIDES;

AFFINITY SENSING; HYDROGEL FILMS; OPTICAL BIO-SENSORS; RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84859060828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes2010040     Document Type: Review

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