Methods and instruments for continuous-flow PCR on a chip

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6465, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gärtner, Claudia ^a   Klemm, Richard ^b   Becker, Holger ^a  

^a MICROFLUIDIC CHIPSHOP GMBH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous flow PCR; Microfluidics; PCR; Polymer chip

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLOW CONTROL; MICROFLUIDICS; THERMAL CYCLING;

CONTINUOUS-FLOW PCR; PCR SYSTEMS; POLYMER CHIPS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 34247386713     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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