The Dispensing Well Plate: A Novel Device for Nanoliter Liquid Handling in Ultra High-Throughput Screening

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 291-299

  Steger, Reinhard ^a   Bohl, Benjamin ^a   Zengerle, Roland ^a   Koltay, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

compound; dispenser; high throughput; non contact; reformatting; screening; well plate

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENZYME ASSAY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MATERIALS HANDLING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STORAGE; TECHNOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 5044244070     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 15402452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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