Formation of droplets of alternating composition in microfluidic channels and applications to indexing of concentrations in droplet-based assays

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 4977-4982

  Zheng, Bo ^a   Tice, Joshua D ^a   Ismagilov, Rustem F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPLET; FLUID PROPERTIES; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP;

COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; DROP FORMATION; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

FLUIDICS;

DIMETICONE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN; THAUMATIN;

ADVECTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMULSION; FLUID FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; SOLUTE; VISCOSITY;

CALCIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; PLANT PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 4444257582     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac0495743     Document Type: Article

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