Design and optimization of a digital microfluidic biochip for protein crystallization

IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, Digest of Technical Papers, ICCAD

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 297-301

  Xu, Tao ^a   Chakrabarty, Krishnendu ^a   Pamula, Vamsee K ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Advanced Liquid Logic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; ORGANIC ACIDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CANDIDATE SOLUTIONS; CHIP DESIGNS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATIONS; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC BIOCHIPS; DROPLET MANIPULATIONS; DRUG DESIGNS; EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS; MANUFACTURING COSTS; MICROFLUIDIC BIOCHIPS; ON CHIPS; PROTEIN ANALYSES; PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATIONS; TRANSFER PROTEINS; WELL PLATES;

BIOCHIPS;

EID: 57849153941     PISSN: 10923152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAD.2008.4681589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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