Polyimide-based microfluidic devices

Lab on a Chip - Minituarization for Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-34

  Metz, Stefan ^a   Holzer, Raphael ^a   Renaud, Philippe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL BOND; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0002429667     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b103896f     Document Type: Article

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