Open AccessSmall, Smaller, Biochip
Author(s) -
Schilling Niels,
Klotzbach Udo,
Sonntag Frank,
Howitz Steffen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optik & photonik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2191-1975
pISSN - 1863-1460
DOI - 10.1002/opph.201190225
Subject(s) - biochip , miniaturization , nanotechnology , data science , computer science , biochemical engineering , engineering , materials science
Biochemical sensors have come to play an important role in the medical and pharmaceutical sciences. An essential prerequisite for modern diagnostics, they are used in the development and characterization of new drugs. The ongoing miniaturization of these sensors poses new challenges for the production technologies.