Carbon nanomaterials field-effect-transistor-based biosensors

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Song ^a   Guo, Xuefeng ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biosensor; carbon nanotube; field effect transistor; graphene

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; DNA-DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTION; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; REAL-TIME ELECTRICAL DETECTIONS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); SURFACE COMPATIBILITY;

BIOMOLECULES; CARBON NANOTUBES; DNA; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROTEINS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 84866124593     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.42     Document Type: Review

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