Microfluidic combinatorial chemistry

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-387

  Watts, Paul ^a   Haswell, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTER DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; REAGENT;

CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; MICROREACTOR; REACTOR; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038198834     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(03)00050-4     Document Type: Review

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