Computational design of a carbon nanotube fluorofullerene biosensor

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 13720-13735

  Hilder, Tamsyn A ^a   Pace, Ron J ^b   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Carbon nanotube; Distributional molecular dynamics; Fluorofullerene; Molecular dynamics; Proof of concept

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FLUOROFULLERENES; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTIONS; NANOTUBE-BASED SENSORS; NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PROOF OF CONCEPT;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DESIGN; DISSOCIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; POLYMERS;

BIOSENSORS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; FLUOROCARBON; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 84868251197     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121013720     Document Type: Article

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