Gold nanoparticles for diagnostics: Advances towards points of care

Diagnostics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Cordeiro, Mílton ^a   Carlos, Fábio Ferreira ^a   Pedrosa, Pedro ^a   Lopez, António ^a   Baptista, Pedro Viana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomolecular sensing; Diagnosis; Gold nanoparticles; Point of need

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMARTPHONE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 85026449952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics6040043     Document Type: Review

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