A novel PDMS microfluidic spotter for fabrication of protein chips and microarrays

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1145-1151

  Chang Yen, David A ^a,d   Myszka, David G ^b   Gale, Bruce K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d Wasatch Microfluidics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Microarray; Microfluidic; Polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS); Spotter

Indexed keywords

MICROARRAY; MICROFLUIDIC; POLYDIMETHYL SILOXANE; SPOTTER;

ARRAYS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 33748555610     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2006.880289     Document Type: Article

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