Evaluation of micromilled metal mold masters for the replication of microchip electrophoresis devices

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Hupert, Mateusz L ^a   Guy, W Jason ^a   Llopis, Shawn D ^a   Shadpour, Hamed ^a   Rani, Sudheer ^a   Nikitopoulos, Dimitris E ^a   Soper, Steven A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot embossing; Microchip electrophoresis; Micromilling; Polymer microfluidics

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THERMOPLASTICS;

HOT-EMBOSSING; MICROCHIP ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROMILLING;

METAL MOLDING;

EID: 33947690761     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-006-0091-x     Document Type: Article

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