Patterned paper as a platform for inexpensive, low-volume, portable bioassays

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1318-1320

  Martinez, Andres W ^a   Phillips, Scott T ^a   Butte, Manish J ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Bioassays; Clinical chemistry; Lithography; Trace analysis

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; MILLIMETER-SIZED CHANNELS;

BIOASSAY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COLOR; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, PAPER; COLOR;

EID: 34247273993     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200603817     Document Type: Article

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