Automated liquid dispensing pin for DNA microarray applications

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-191

  Chang, Timothy N ^a   Parthasarathy, Suganya ^a   Wang, Tongsheng ^b   Gandhi, Kunj ^a   Soteropoulos, Patricia ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated pin; Genomics; Liquid dispenser; Microarray; Proteomics; Spot formation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISPENSERS; GLYCEROL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

IMPACT PINS; INKJET; LIQUID DISPENSING PIN; ROBOTIC MICROARRAY SYSTEM;

DNA;

EID: 33645695592     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2006.871481     Document Type: Article

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