Microfluidics in structural biology: Smaller, faster... better

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 538-544

  Hansen, Carl ^a   Quake, Stephen R ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AUTOMATION; BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUID FLOW; FLUID TRANSPORT; FORCE; LIQUID; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0141557513     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2003.09.010     Document Type: Review

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