Arrayed monodisperse micro-alginate beads in μ-fluidic traps for cell assay

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 534-537

  Tan, Wei Heong ^a   Takeuchi, Shoji ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; FLUIDICS; GELATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

CELL ASSAY; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION (CV); MONODISPERSE MICRO-ALGINATE BEADS (MAB);

BIOASSAY;

EID: 33750098492     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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