Candida albicans/MWCNTs: A stable conductive bio-nanocomposite and its temperature-sensing properties

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-114

  Di Giacomo, Raffaele ^a   Maresca, Bruno ^a   Porta, Amalia ^a   Sabatino, Paolo ^a   Carapella, Giovanni ^a   Neitzert, Heinz Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial tissue; Candida albicans; carbon nanotubes (CNTs); temperature sensing element

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TISSUES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE CYCLING; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE-SENSING ELEMENT; VISCOUS MATERIALS; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; TISSUE; YEAST;

CANDIDA;

EID: 84874983181     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2239308     Document Type: Article

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