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Computational procedures to foresee the 3D structure of aptamers are in continuous progress. They constitute a crucial input to research, mainly when the crystallographic counterpart of the structures in silico produced is not present. At…
The goal of this paper is to explore the possibility to detect and identify bacteria by sensing their odor via fluctuation-enhanced sensing with commercial Taguchi sensors. The fluctuations of the electrical resistance during exposure to…
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We offer new high-performance label-free electrochemical impedimetric DNA sensors of non-faradaic type. The DNA sensors based on a platform of crystalline carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays are fabricated by the Langmuir--Blodgett (LB) deposition…
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