Straightforward production of encoded microbeads by Flow Focusing: Potential applications for biomolecule detection

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 324, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-26

  Ganan Calvo A M ^a   Martin Banderas L ^a   Gonzalez Prieto R ^a   Rodriguez Gil A ^c   Berdun Alvarez T ^a   Cebolla, A ^d   Chavez S ^c   Flores Mosquera, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b Ingeniatrics SL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow Focusing; Microbeads; Multiplex flow cytometric analysis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LABELING INDEX; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGANDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33749620389     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2006.05.032     Document Type: Article

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