Miniaturized independently controllable multichamber thermal cycler

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 774-780

  Zou, Quanbo ^a,b   Sridhar, Uppili ^a,b   Chen, Yu ^a   Singh, Janak ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b Maxim Integrated Products Inc   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT SINKS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MULTIPLEXING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS (PCR); REACTION CHAMBERS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

THERMAL CYCLING;

EID: 3042745416     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2003.820346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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