Turbo-mixing in microplates

Journal of Biomolecular Screening

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-369

  Mitre, Elisa ^a   Schulze, Margarete ^a   Cumme, Gerhard A ^a   Rößler, Fabian ^a   Rausch, Torsten ^b   Rhode, Heidrun ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b CyBio AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

L assay mixing; Marangoni convection; Microplate; Thermocapillary convection; Turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DYE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOMETRY; LIQUID; MICROPLATING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DETERGENTS; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MICROCHEMISTRY; MOTION; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 34047154461     PISSN: 10870571     EISSN: 1552454X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087057106297565     Document Type: Article

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