Transient liquid crystal thermometry of microfabricated PCR vessel arrays

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 345-354

  Chaudhari, Ajit M ^a,c   Woudenberg, Timothy M ^b,d   Allin, Michael ^b,e,f   Goodson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Penn State University ^*

Author keywords

Design; Liquid crystals; Microfabrication; Microfluidic; Polymerase chain reaction; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MICROMACHINING; THERMOMETERS;

ENCAPSULATED LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) VESSEL ARRAYS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032287553     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/84.735341     Document Type: Article

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