Liquid crystal biosensors: A new approach to medical diagnostic devices

Liquid Crystals: Frontiers in Biomedical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 241-296

  McCamley, Maureen K ^a   Artenstein, Andrew W ^b,c   Crawford, Gregory P ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DIAGNOSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIQUID CRYSTAL BIOSENSORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION; POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTIC; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84969645570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812778871_0004     Document Type: Chapter

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