Monolithic microfabricated valves and pumps by multilayer soft lithography

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5463, 2000, Pages 113-116

  Unger, Marc A ^a   Chou, Hou Pu ^a   Thorsen, Todd ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a   Quake, Stephen R ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEVICE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADHESIVENESS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0034615958     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5463.113     Document Type: Article

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