Electrochemical single-molecule detection in aqueous solution using self-aligned nanogap transducers

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10931-10937

  Kang, Shuo ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Ab F ^a   Mathwig, Klaus ^a   Mampallil, Dileep ^a   Lemay, Serge G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aqueous solution; electrochemistry; nanofluidics; nanogap; redox cycling; self aligned; single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; NANO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NANO-GAP; PHYSIOLOGICAL SALT CONCENTRATIONS; REDOX CYCLING; SELF-ALIGNED; SINGLE-MOLECULE DETECTION;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULES; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLUTIONS; TRANSDUCERS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSDUCER;

ADSORPTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS; WATER;

EID: 84891358024     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404440v     Document Type: Article

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