Nanomaterials for biosensing applications: A review

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Holzinger, Michael ^a   Goff, Alan Le ^a   Cosnier, Serge ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Gold nanoparticles; Magnetic nanoparticles; Nanostructured carbon; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987630480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00063     Document Type: Review

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