Liquid crystal thermography of an on-chip polymerase chain reaction micro-thermocycler

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2006

Volumn 2006 B, Issue , 2006, Pages 1039-1044

  Fung, Tracy Helen ^a   Chao, Shih Hui ^a   Peach, Joseph E ^a   Meldrum, Deirdre R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; HYSTERESIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COLORIMETRIC HYSTERESIS; MICRO-THERMOCYCLER GEOMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (TLC);

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 33847004043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icnmm2006-96175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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