Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 402-409 , December 2009

Sensitive and multiplexed detection of proteomic antigens via quantum dot aggregation

  • Chinmay Soman, BE

      Affiliations

    • Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  • ,
  • Todd Giorgio, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Box 351631 B, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.

Received 6 August 2008 ,Accepted 16 January 2009.

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

PII: S1549-9634(09)00048-3

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.01.010

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 402-409 , December 2009