Cantilever-based immunosensors

The FABS, whose working principle was very similar to that of the AFM biosensor, was a cantilever-based immunosensor [7]. However, its configuration was much simpler than that of the AFM. Rather than using a piezoceramic translator to pull on intermolecular bonds, it used magnetic particles, which eliminated the need to manually position a tip and sample next to each other with picometer precision and stability. The cantilever-beam force transducer was the only element of the AFM retained by the FABS. 

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