An agar-microchamber cell-cultivation system: Flexible change of microchamber shapes during cultivation by photo-thermal etching

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-130

  Moriguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Wakamoto, Yuichi ^a   Sugio, Yoshihiro ^a   Takahashi, Kazunori ^a   Inoue, Ippei ^a   Yasuda, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MELTING POINT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141955154     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b202569h     Document Type: Article

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