Design and numerical analysis of a joule-heating-induced continuous-flow polymerase chain reaction microchip

Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Qiaole ^a   Huang, Qing An ^a   Lin, Yu Cheng ^b  

^a Southeast University   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continuous flow; Geometric varied microchannel; Joule heating; Polymerase chain reaction; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEATING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; JOULE HEATING; MICROCHANNELS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PUMPS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CHANNEL SHAPES; CONTINUOUS FLOW; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURES; FIXED CURRENTS; FLOWING FLUIDS; FLUID VELOCITIES; GEOMETRIC VARIED MICROCHANNEL; JOULE-THOMSON EFFECTS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; NOVEL DESIGNS; OHM'S LAWS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION MICROCHIPS; TEMPERATURE CYCLING; TEMPERATURE ZONES; THERMAL CYCLES;

THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 64549110670     PISSN: 19325150     EISSN: 19325134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3091940     Document Type: Article

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