A point-of-care immunosensor for human chorionic gonadotropin in clinical urine samples using a cuneated polysilicon nanogap lab-on-chip

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Balakrishnan, S R ^a   Hashim, U ^a   Gopinath, Subash C B ^a   Poopalan, P ^a   Ramayya, H R ^b   Omar, M Iqbal ^a   Haarindraprasad, R ^a   Veeradasan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Tuanku Fauziah   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; SILICONE;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; IMMUNOSENSOR; LAB ON A CHIP; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; URINALYSIS; ADULT; DEVICES; GENETIC PROCEDURES; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; URINE;

ADULT; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84946769404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137891     Document Type: Article

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