Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7101, 2006, Pages 381-386

  Psaltis, Demetri ^a   Quake, Stephen R ^b   Yang, Changhuei ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; MICROFLUIDIC TOOLKIT; OPTOFLUIDIC DEVICES;

FLUIDICS;

NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT;

COLLOID; INTERFACE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

COLLOID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC FIELD; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID; TECHNOLOGY; ANIMAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; LASERS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICS; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33747133014     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05060     Document Type: Review

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