Chemistry and biology in femtoliter and picoliter volume droplets

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-658

  Chiu, Daniel T ^a   Lorenz, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 66149113216     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar8002464     Document Type: Article

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