Rapid distribution of a liquid column into a matrix of nanoliter wells for parallel real-time quantitative PCR

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 671-677

  Liu, Hao Bing ^a,b   Ramalingam, Naveen ^a,b   Jiang, Yu ^a,b   Dai, Chang Chun ^a,b   Hui, Kam Man ^b   Gong, Hai Qing ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bio chip; Microfluidics; Nanoliter wells; Parallel PCR; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONTAMINATION; COSMIC RAYS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXTURES; SILICONES; VACUUM; VACUUM EVAPORATION; WELLS;

BIO-CHIP; CELL-BASED; CHIP STRUCTURES; DIMETHYLSILOXANE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE TARGETS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMATA; HIGH DENSITIES; LIQUID COLUMNS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC METHODS; NANOLITER WELLS; OPERATION SCHEDULES; PARALLEL PCR; PCR AMPLIFICATIONS; VACUUM LEVELS;

BIOCHIPS;

EID: 57949117416     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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