Chip elements for fast thermocycling

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 672-675

  Poser, Siegfried ^a   Schulz, Torsten ^a,d   Dillner, Ulrich ^a,d   Baier, Volker ^a   Köhler, J Michael ^a,e   Schimkat, Dieter ^b   Mayer, Gerd ^c   Siebert, Anke ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Biometra Biomed Analyt GmbH G   (Germany)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Inst f Phys High Technol   (Germany)

^e Microsystem Dept Inst Phys H   (Germany)

Author keywords

Miniaturization; Polymerase chain reaction; Silicon; Thermocyclers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

MINIATURIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

THERMAL CYCLING;

EID: 0031176399     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01542-2     Document Type: Article

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