Atomic Force Microscopy as a tool applied to nano/biosensors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 8278-8300

  Steffens, Clarice ^a,b   Leite, Fabio L ^b   Bueno, Carolina C ^b   Manzoli, Alexandra ^a   Herrmann, Paulo Sergio De Paula ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Atomic force spectroscopy; Nanoscience; Nanosensors; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICON;

EID: 84863226710     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120608278     Document Type: Review

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