Graphene transistors for bioelectronics

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1780-1792

  Hess, Lucas H ^a   Seifert, Max ^a   Garrido, Jose A ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioelectronics; graphene

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTROLYTES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRAPHENE;

BIOELECTRONICS; COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; IN-VITRO; NEURON CULTURE;

GRAPHENE TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84879887659     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2261031     Document Type: Article

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