Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Droplets for Biosensors

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 39, 2016, Pages 26407-26417

  Lee, Hyun Gyu ^a   Munir, Sundas ^a   Park, Soo Young ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biosensor; cholesteric liquid crystal; droplet; enzyme; microfluidics

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CHOLESTEROL; COLOR; COLOR PRINTING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; GLUCOSE SENSORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; SOLUTIONS;

CHOLESTEROL DETECTION; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CROSSED POLARIZERS; GLUCOSE OXIDASES (GOX); HELICAL STRUCTURES; HOMEOTROPIC ANCHORING; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLY(ACRYLIC ACID );

DROPS;

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE;

GENETIC PROCEDURES; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROFLUIDICS;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84990187952     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09624     Document Type: Article

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