Nanoscale electric permittivity of single bacterial cells at gigahertz frequencies by scanning microwave microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 280-288

  Biagi, Maria Chiara ^a   Fabregas, Rene ^a   Gramse, Georg ^b   Van Der Hofstadt, Marc ^a   Juárez, Antonio ^a,c   Kienberger, Ferry ^d   Fumagalli, Laura ^e   Gomila, Gabriel ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric permittivity; Scanning microwave microscopy; Single bacteria; Topographic cross talk

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MICROWAVES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; SCANNING;

DIELECTRIC IMAGES; ELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; GIGAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; LABEL-FREE IMAGING; NANOSCALE SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NEAR-FIELD SCANNING; SCANNING MICROWAVE MICROSCOPIES;

CYTOLOGY;

DEVICES; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVES; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84989282189     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04279     Document Type: Article

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