Low Nanoliter Acoustic Transfer of Aqueous Fluids with High Precision and Accuracy of Volume Transfer and Positional Placement

JALA - Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-102

  Harris, David ^a   Mutz, Mitchell ^a   Sonntag, Maria ^a   Stearns, Richard ^a   Shieh, Jean ^a   Pickett, Siobhan ^a   Ellson, Richard ^a   Olechno, Joe ^a  

^a Labcyte Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic dispensing; acoustic droplet ejection; acoustic liquid handling; acoustic transfer; ADE; aqueous ADE; array formation; Echo 550; Echo 555; liquid handling; liquid transfer; nanoliter liquid handling; nanoliter transfers

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUORESCENCE; MATERIALS HANDLING;

ACOUSTIC DISPENSING; ACOUSTIC DROPLET EJECTION; ACOUSTIC TRANSFER; LIQUID TRANSFER; NANOLITER LIQUID HANDLING;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; REAGENT;

ACCURACY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 40149096050     PISSN: 15355535     EISSN: 15402452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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