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Towards the Photonic Nose: A Novel Platform for Molecule and Bacteria Identification

  1. Leonardo D. Bonifacio1,
  2. Daniel P. Puzzo1,
  3. Simon Breslav2,
  4. Barbara M. Willey3,
  5. Allison McGeer3,
  6. Geoffrey A. Ozin1,*

Article first published online: 9 NOV 2009

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200902763

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 22, Issue 12, pages 1351–1354, March 26, 2010

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How to Cite

Bonifacio, L. D., Puzzo, D. P., Breslav, S., Willey, B. M., McGeer, A. and Ozin, G. A. (2010), Towards the Photonic Nose: A Novel Platform for Molecule and Bacteria Identification. Advanced Materials, 22: 1351–1354. doi: 10.1002/adma.200902763

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6 (Canada)

  2. 2

    Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto 40 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 2E4 (Canada)

  3. 3

    Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital 600 University Avenue, Toronto M5G 1X5 (Canada)

*Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George Street, Toronto, M5S 3H6 (Canada).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 MAR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 9 NOV 2009
  3. Manuscript Received: 12 AUG 2009

Funded by

  • NSERC Canada
  • University of Toronto

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Keywords:

  • biosensing;
  • photonic crystals;
  • porous materials;
  • thin films

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“Smelling” chemicals and bacteria by using structural color: the photonic nose is a novel platform for the identification of volatile chemicals based on color changes of porous Bragg stack arrays with potential for applications in chemical sensing and bacteria identification.

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