Dynamic behaviour of fungi in microfluidics - a comparative study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7182, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Held, Marie ^a   Binz, Marie ^a   Edwards, Clive ^a   Nicolau, Dan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. mellea; Branching; Directional memory; Maze; Microconfinement; N. crassa; PDMS molding

Indexed keywords

A. MELLEA; BRANCHING; DIRECTIONAL MEMORY; MAZE; MICROCONFINEMENT; N. CRASSA; PDMS MOLDING;

BIOMOLECULES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FUNGI; HISTOLOGY; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOLDING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SILICONES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

EID: 66049123488     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.822464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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