Instrumentation for Low-Noise High-Bandwidth Nanopore Recording

Engineered Nanopores for Bioanalytical Applications: A Volume in Micro and Nano Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 59-93

  Tabard Cossa, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Low current measurement techniques; Nanopore; Noise

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; HIGH-FREQUENCY NOISE; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; LOW-NOISE MEASUREMENTS; NOISE; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; SOLID-STATE NANOPORE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84899061875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-3473-7.00003-0     Document Type: Chapter

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