Fabrication of a microfluidic device for axonal growth control

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1259-1262

  Yasuda, T ^a   Higashi, T ^a   Nakashima, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Etching; Fabrication; Ion beams; Microchannel; Microfluidics; Microvalves; Nanoscale devices; Nerve fibers; Proteins; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CELL CULTURE; ETCHING; FABRICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; ION BEAMS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOSENSORS; NEURONS; PROTEINS; TESTING; TRANSDUCERS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DEVICE SURFACES; FABRICATED DEVICE; MICRO VALVES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NERVE FIBERS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 27544504204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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