Functionalized CVD monolayer graphene for label-free impedimetric biosensing

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1698-1709

  Eissa, Shimaa ^a,b   Jimenez, Gaston Contreras ^b   Mahvash, Farzaneh ^b,c   Guermoune, Abdeladim ^b   Tlili, Chaker ^a   Szkopek, Thomas ^c   Zourob, Mohammed ^d   Siaj, Mohamed ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensor; CVD grapheme; diazonium functionalization; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937759029     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0671-0     Document Type: Article

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