Nature Middle East Research: Nanomembrane Biosensor

Nature Middle East Research Highlight: "Sifting through cells using heat"

11/30/2016
"Laser-beam-induced heat and a nano-wrap reveal heat diffusion patterns in living cells."

"A research team from Saudi Arabia has created a technique that reveals the thermal-transport properties of a living cell, which is potentially useful in identifying the different types of cells including cancer cells."


Nanomembrane-Based, Thermal-Transport Biosensor for Living Cells

Rami T. ElAfandy, Ayman F. AbuElela, Pawan Mishra, Bilal Janjua, Hassan M. Oubei, Ulrich Büttner, Mohammed A. Majid, Tien Khee Ng, Jasmeen S. Merzaban, and Boon S. Ooi
Small, 13(7), 1603080 (2017)

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201603080

HDL: 10754/622092