
- •Lecture 2.4: Sensors with Complex Geometry
- •A fundamental relationship of biosensor
- •Array and Network sensors
- •Recall: Method of diffusion capacitance
- •Recall: Integer dimensional sensors
- •Capacitance of an Array sensor
- •Array of cylinders: fractional sensor
- •Array of cylinders: fractional sensor
- •Geometry of diffusion/sensor response
- •Response of fractal sensors
- •Recall: Dimension of a fractal surface
- •Recall: Random to regular transform
- •Fractional diffusion to fractal sensor
- •Performance limits of biosensors
- •Average vs. first arrival time
- •A ‘Mendeleev table’ for biosensors
- •Conclusions

Principles of Electronic Nanobiosensors
Unit 2: Settling Time
Lecture 2.4: Sensors with Complex Geometry
By Muhammad A. Alam
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University
alam@purdue.edu
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