Immobilization of highly concentrated cell suspensions using the laminar jet breakup technique

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 366-372

  Brandenberger, Harry R ^a   Widmer, Fritz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZATION; LAMINAR JET BREAKUP; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOCATALYSTS; DROP BREAKUP; HYDROGELS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOELASTICITY;

BEAD SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CELL SUSPENSIONS; LAMINAR JET BREAKUP TECHNIQUE; VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION;

EID: 0033009557     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp990033m     Document Type: Article

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