Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 230-238 , December 2006

Label-free direct electronic detection of biomolecules with amorphous silicon nanostructures

  • John Lund, BS
  • ,
  • Ranjana Mehta, PhD
  • ,
  • Babak A. Parviz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Paul Allen Center, Room AE100R, Campus Box 352500, Seattle, WA 98195-2500.

Received 6 September 2006 ,Accepted 18 October 2006.

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 No financial conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

PII: S1549-9634(06)00143-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.10.003

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 230-238 , December 2006